IN TURN


Meaning of IN TURN in English

adv. phr. According to a settled order; each following another. Each man in turn got up and spoke. Two teachers supervised the lunch hour in turn. Two of the three boys tease their younger brother John, the biggest, teases Bob, the middle boy; and Bob in turn teases Tim, the youngest.

Compare: IN ORDER.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.