every other

every other
every other
Every second or alternate
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every other
Each alternate
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each second in a series; each alternate

I train with weights every other day

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every other
— used to indicate how often a repeated activity happens or is done

I run every other day. [=I run one day, then the next day I do not run, then the day after that I run, etc.]

The contest is held every other year. [=every two years]

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every other idiom
each ↑alternate one (= the first, third, fifth, etc. one, but not the second, fourth, sixth, etc.)

They visit us every other week.

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