By equal alternating periods of service or duty; by turns.

Alternative form of cut and thrust

(nautical) side by side

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kick ass and take names

(idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

(dated) A small amount at a time; little by little.

(Australia, dated, education) A style of handwriting with distinct circles and straight lines, rather than a more cursive style.

To take turns with another in labour and rest. / To ride an animal and travel on foot alternately.

(shipbuilding) A method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers.

(law, of a possession) In a condition of lawful outright ownership, without restrictions or encumbrances. / (law, of a person) Possessing such lawful outright ownership.