changes places
Trades spots with
To change places is to swap positions with someone or something else.
Two people change places when each moves to where the other was: Let's change places so you can see better.
The phrase extends to switching roles or circumstances: If we could change places for a day, you'd understand my life.
- swapExchange one for another
- seat swapExchanging assigned positions
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- move aroundChange position repeatedly
- musical chairsCompetitive seat-grabbing game
transition · substitute · juxtapose · convert · transfer · shuffle · transpose · shift · role reversal · migrate · reframe · reposition · surrogate · pivot · metamorphose · stand-in · modify · supplant
movement/position
changes placesstays put
Remains in place
stands fast · holds steady · sits tight · stands one's ground · stands pat
change, changes, changed, changing, changeable, unchangeable, changeling, exchange, exchanged