swap

swap
swap1 S3 swop [swɔp US swa:p] v BrE past tense and past participle swapped present participle swapping
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: swap 'to hit' (14-19 centuries), from the sound; from the practice of striking the hands together when agreeing a business deal]
1.) [I and T]
to give something to someone and get something in return
Do you want to swap umbrellas?
swap sth for sth
He swapped his watch for a box of cigars.
swap sth with sb
The girls chatted and swapped clothes with each other.
2.) [T]
to tell information to someone and be given information in return
We need to get together to swap ideas and information.
They sat in a corner and swapped gossip.
3.) also swap over [T]
to do the thing that someone else has been doing, and let them do the thing that you have been doing
= ↑change
They decided to swap roles for the day.
You start on the windows and I'll do the walls, then we can swap over after an hour or so.
swap sth with sb
She ended up swapping jobs with her secretary.
4.) [T]
to stop using or get rid of one thing and put or get another thing in its place
The driver announced that we would have to swap buses.
swap sth for sth
She had swapped her long skirts for jeans and T shirts.
He swapped his London home for a cottage in Scotland.
5.) also swap sth around [T]
to move one thing and put another in its place
Someone had gone into the nursery and swapped all the babies around.
swap sth with sth
Why don't we swap the TV with the bookcase?
6.) swap places
BrE to let someone sit or stand in your place, so that you can have their place
= ↑change places
Can we swap places, please?
swap 2
swap2 n informal
1.) [usually singular]
a situation in which you give something to someone and get another thing in return
a fair swap
We can do a swap if you like.
2.) a situation in which people each do the job that the other usually does

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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