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In turn

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Adverb
  1. 1
    in proper order or sequence wordnet
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  1. 1
    One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.

    "The teacher answered the students each in turn."

  2. 2
    In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.

    "You are next in turn to bat."

  3. 3
    In response; in return.

    "The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad."

  4. 4
    Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.

    "The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings."

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