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SWING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swing out mean? 

SWING OUT (verb)
  The verb SWING OUT has 1 sense:

1. make a big sweeping gesture or movementplay

  Familiarity information: SWING OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWING OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

sweep; swing; swing out

Hypernyms (to "swing out" is one way to...):

handle; manage; wield (handle effectively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


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