changed places
Traded spots mutually
Changed places means two or more people or things swapped positions with each other.
The phrase implies a mutual exchange—each moves to where the other was: We changed places so she could sit by the window.
It extends to figurative reversals of circumstance or role: If we changed places, you'd understand why I'm worried.
- flip-flopSudden change of position
- switcherooSlangy sudden reversal
- swapExchange one for another
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- inversionReversal of position
reorientation · transposition · musical chairs · transfer · substitution · alternation · trade · reassignment · transformation · shift · rotated · turnover · reversal · conversion · shuffled · restructuring · metamorphosis · paradigm shift
changed placesstayed put
Continued in place
stood still · stood one's ground · stayed in one's lane · sat tight · stood fast
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