by turns

English

Adverb

by turns

1. One after the other; successively; alternating.
2. (obsolete) At intervals; from time to time.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:

     [They] feel by turns the bitter change.

Translations

One after the other; successively; alternating

• Icelandic: til skiptis
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• in turn
• in turns