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spell someone (at something)

to take a turn at doing something while the person who was doing it can take a rest. I will spell you at selling tickets while you go and grab a bite to eat.

See:

• a good spell
• be under (someone's) spell
• be under the spell of (someone)
• break the spell
• breathing spell
• cast a spell
• cold snap
• Come in and sit a spell
• death by spell check
• Do I have to spell it out?
• dry spell
• fall under spell
• fall under the spell of (someone)
• have (someone) under (one's) spell
• have in spell
• set a spell
• sit a spell
• spell
• spell disaster Fig
• spell down
• spell for
• spell out
• spell trouble
• under a spell
• under someone's spell
• under the spell of (someone)