also swop
(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
1.
If you ~ something with someone, you give it to them and receive a different thing in exchange.
Next week they will ~ places and will repeat the switch weekly...
I’d gladly ~ places with mummy any day...
I know a sculptor who ~s her pieces for drawings by a well-known artist...
Some hostages were ~ped for convicted prisoners.
= exchange
V-RECIP: V pl-n, V pl-n with n, V n for/with n, V n for/with n
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Swap is also a noun.
If she ever fancies a job ~, I could be interested.
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
If you ~ one thing for another, you remove the first thing and replace it with the second, or you stop doing the first thing and start doing the second.
Despite the heat, he’d ~ped his overalls for a suit and tie...
Both sides ~ped their goalies in the 30th minute.
VERB: V n for n, V n