took turns
Went one-by-one
Took turns is the past tense of take turns, describing a situation where people alternated or rotated through an activity rather than doing it simultaneously or letting one person monopolize it.
The phrase implies fairness and shared participation: We took turns driving on the road trip.
It applies to both cooperative activities and competitive ones where participants must wait for others to complete their move or action.
- waitDelay until later
- one at a timeIn single succession
- sharePortion given out
- alternationSequential interchange of elements
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
back and forth · one-by-one · swap · traded places · tag team · fairness · fair play · collaboration · sequence · moves · teamwork · rotation · coordination · queue · line · roll · back-and-forth · progression
took turnsall at once
Occurring without gradual buildup
synchronized · in parallel · at the same time · collectively · jointly
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