each otherpronoun
uk/ˌiːtʃ ˈʌð.ər/us/ˌiːtʃ ˈʌð.ɚ/also one anotherA2 used to show that each person in a group of two or more people does something to the others:
They kept looking at each other and smiling.
They're always wearing each other's clothes.
Why are you always arguing with each other?
They're so happy together - they were made for each other (= are perfectly matched).
More examples
- The two companies are in competition with each other.
- Children can be very cruel to each other.
- It was one of those parties where nobody really knew each other.
- The boys were splashing about and ducking each other in the pool.
- Rachel and Fi have had a big argument and now they're not speaking to each other.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reciprocating
- another
- give and take
- it takes two to tango idiom
- mutual
- mutualism
- mutually
- one another 2
- one good turn deserves another idiom
- reciprocal
- reciprocate
- reciprocity
- requite
- return
- scratch
- turn
- two
- two-way
- unrequited
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours idiom