alternate with sth
alternate with something
1. [for someone] to serve as a substitute for someone.
I alternated with Fred as the lead in the school play.
They asked Harry to alternate with Ron on the team.
2. [for something] to appear repetitively and regularly in a sequence with something else. (For instance, A alternates with B in the sequence ABABAB.)
In this design the straight lines alternate with the circles.
The red dots alternate with the blue ones.
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- a blight on the land
- absolutely
- a busman's holiday
- accede to sth
- act (up)on sth
- a fix on sth
- a hard row to hoe
- ain't got the sense God gave geese
- air one's belly
- alienate
- align oneself with so or sth
- alike as (two) peas in a pod
- all agog
- All right(y) already!
- a love-hate relationship
- ambulance chaser
- American as apple pie
- An eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth).
- an open-and-shut case
- a nut case
- a peep
