trade off

trade off
intransitive verb
: to exchange places with another or with each other at intervals : alternate

traded off with each other several years for first place in the bowling tournament

: to use alternately

trade off large and small brushes for rough and fine work

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trade off
To exchange, esp as a compromise
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Main Entry: ↑trade

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ˌtrade ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they trade off he/she/it trades off present participle trading off past tense traded off past participle traded off] phrasal verb
to accept a disadvantage so that you can have a benefit

They traded off a positive rate of inflation for a lower unemployment rate.

Thesaurus: to make a decisionsynonym
Main entry: trade

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trade off [phrasal verb]
1 trade off or trade off (something) US
— used to describe a situation in which one person does something, then another person does it, and so on

When you get tired of driving, I'll trade off with you. = When you get tired of driving, we can trade off. [=when you get tired, I will drive for a while]

They trade off [=take turns] babysitting each other's kids.

Two of the band members traded off guitar solos. [=they took turns playing guitar solos]

2 trade off (something) : to give up (something that you want) in order to have something else
— usually + for

The car's designers traded off some power for greater fuel efficiency.

see also ↑trade-off
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Main Entry: ↑trade

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