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By turns

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  1. 1
    One after the other; successively; alternating.

    "I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”"

  2. 2
    At intervals; from time to time. obsolete

    "[They] feel by turns the bitter change."

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