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| every other(expression, adjective, irregular, infrequent) | |
| take turns(verb, expression) | |
| come and go(verb, expression, alter, swing) | |
| every second(expression, adjective, other, alternating) | |
| fill in for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cover) | |
| give and take(expression, change, shift, reverse) | |
| locum tenens(expression, supply, agent, replacement) | |
| return the compliment(expression, change, shift, reverse) | |
| blow hot and cold(verb, expression, stop, change) | |
| buy and sell(expression, change, shift, reverse) | |
| come again(expression, regularity of recurrence periodicity) | |
| come round again(expression, regularity of recurrence periodicity) | |
| ebb and flow(verb, expression, change, alter) | |
| go over to(expression, change, shift, reverse) | |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, stop, change) | |
| ring the changes(expression, changeableness) | |
| turn the tables(expression, change, shift, reverse) | |
| back and fill | |
| back and forth | |
| battledore and shuttlecock |
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