english
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Phrase(s): every other person or thing every second or alternate person or thing. • The magician turned every other card over. • Every other table had an ashtray on it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Every second one in a series, as in I'm supposed to take this pill every other day. [c. 1400]
American Heritage Idioms