(informal, North America) A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange.
In a corporate merger, it is usually the big company that buys a smaller one. Last week Boston's up & coming Tracerlab, Inc. pulled a switcheroo. Tracerlab, which grossed only $1,700,000 last year, bought the much bigger ($8,000,000 gros…
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(transitive, uncommon) To swap or exchange surreptitiously.
Another day, the magic wind came and switcherooed Katie into a hairdresser named Sparkle.
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