in turns



every other, in turn, off and on, round and round, to and fro, turn about, up and down ,

   cut-throat competition - competition, gamesmanship, rivalry, vying ,

   stiff temper - inflexibility, intransigence, relentlessness, rigidity, stiffness, toughness ,

   office seeker - aspirant, candidate, dark horse, dud, hopeful, lame duck, running mate ,

   entertainer - artist, belly dancer, chorus girl, conjurer, dancer, fool, geisha, hoofer, host, impersonator, magician, mountebank, mummer, musician, performer,

   macaroni - beau, blade, blood, buck, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, dude, dumpling, exquisite, fashion plate, fettuccine, fine gentleman, fop, gallant,

   drearily - gravely, grimly, heavily, pointlessly, sadly, slowly, solemnly, superficially ,

   dashingly - daringly, exquisitely, neatly ,

   spill out - cascade, cataract, deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, run over, slop, slosh, spill, spill over, swamp,

   imputed - accountable, alleged, ascribable, attributable, charged, credited, derivative, due, explicable, imputable, owing, putative, referable, traceable ,

   carnation - Titian, cardinal, carmine, cerise, colour, crimson, fiery, flaming, flower, glowing, hot, inflamed, lurid, maroon, pigment,