switch (shifts) with (someone)
idiom
US
: to work someone's shift in exchange for that person working one's shift
He's going to switch (shifts) with me Monday.
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During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, when briefing room capacity was reduced for health reasons, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins was told to move out of her first-row seat and switch with a reporter in the back row.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Another suggested the parent could have asked the passengers in the last row to switch with her children.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025
Creating a swappable and low-profile switch with the action NuPhy wanted, delayed the development process by two years.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
To manufacture a low-profile switch with the kind of tactile feel that NuPhy was looking for, the company developed the nano Switch.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Another suggested the parent could have asked the passengers in the last row to switch with her children.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025
Creating a swappable and low-profile switch with the action NuPhy wanted, delayed the development process by two years.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
To manufacture a low-profile switch with the kind of tactile feel that NuPhy was looking for, the company developed the nano Switch.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for switch (shifts) with (someone)
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“Switch (shifts) with (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/switch%20%28shifts%29%20with%20%28someone%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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