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IN FULL SWING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in full swing mean?
• IN FULL SWING (adverb)
The adverb IN FULL SWING has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: IN FULL SWING used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proceeding with full vigor
Synonyms:
in full action; in full swing
Context example:
the party was in full swing
Context examples
The campaign had begun during Martin's enforced absence, and was already in full swing.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Meanwhile the supper was in full swing—one of those solid and uncompromising meals which prevailed in the days of your grandfathers, and which may explain to some of you why you never set eyes upon that relative.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bar is in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside until the air is alive with chatter and laughter and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other's names.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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