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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Melvin said Saturday Hicks accepted his switch with the right attitude, and the 28-year-old right-hander was philosophical when speaking with reporters.
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 May 2025
The beat switch with the Eight Mile aesthetic was magical.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
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.
—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
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 May 2025
The beat switch with the Eight Mile aesthetic was magical.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
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.
—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
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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 1 Jul. 2025.
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