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      [Idiomatic phrase]  | "take turns" 


      1: to do something one after another in regular succession in order to share the responsibility or opportunity of doing it : alternate


      Origin: 1613 ;

      [Verb]  | "take" 


      1: to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms;


        * e.g., " ... take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd "





      2: to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly;


        * e.g., " ... will you take that call? "





      3: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);


        * e.g., " ... if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend "





       [ "take turns" ]

      1: (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession.

        * e.g.,  ... We take turns on the night shift 

       [ "Taking a turn for the Melrose" ]

      1: A phrase which means "Things are so dramatic, it's starting to resemble Melrose Place." References the 1990's drama filled soap opera, Melrose Place.

        * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Can you believe that he likes Lucas, who likes Desiree, who likes Jamie who likes Lucas? Person 2: Yeah man. This shit is taking a turn for the Melrose. 

       [ "Take a turn about the room" ]

      1: An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austin novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.

        * e.g.,  ... Chick: Dude, this party is great and all, but I've been sitting on this couch so long that my leg is falling asleep. 

       [ "Take a turn about the room" ]

      1: An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austen novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.

        * e.g.,  ... Chick: Dude, my legs are really shaky after winning that drinking game.  

       [ "Taking an SC turn" ]

      1: When a conversation takes a nasty or dark turn.

        * e.g.,  ... "I like babies, they're cute." 

       [ "Taking an SC turn" ]

      1: Using dark, sharp, or otherwise unpleasant statements or retorts in the course of a conversation.

        * e.g.,  ... Dan: "Oh I hate Jane." 


       [ "Taking an SC turn" ]

      2: Named after a person who commonly does the aforementioned.

        * e.g.,  ... Tony: "Why man? She seems fine to me." 

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