take one's turn

English

Verb

take one's turn (third-person singular simple present takes one's turn, present participle taking one's turn, simple past took one's turn, past participle taken one's turn)

1. (intransitive) To assume a place in a sequence of successions; to be one of a group that takes turns.

   I took my turn at the wheel.

   You can take your turn now.

   • 1570, Thomas Naogeorgus, translated by Barnabe Googe, The Popish Kingdome:

     Then doth the joyfull feast of John the Baptist take his turne.

Translations

assume a place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 到 (zh) (dào), 該 / 该 (zh) (gāi)

• Finnish: olla jonkun vuoro
• German: als Nächster dran sein
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• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ta sin tur