in exchange (for someone or something)

in exchange (for someone or something)
in exchange (for someone or something)
in return for someone or something. •

They gave us two of our prisoners in exchange for two of theirs.

I gave him chocolate in exchange for some licorice.

John gave Mary a book and got a sweater in exchange.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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