role reversal
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]role reversal (countable and uncountable, plural role reversals)
- A situation in which two people adopt roles that are the reverse of the roles they normally assume in relation to one another.
- 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
- The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!
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References
[edit]- “role reversal”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “role reversal”, in Collins English Dictionary.