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To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
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The plant swung in the breeze.
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To dance.
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To ride on a swing.
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The children laughed as they swung.
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To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
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To hang from the gallows.
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(of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
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To fluctuate or change.
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It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
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To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
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He swung his sword as hard as he could.
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To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
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To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
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If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
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To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
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(of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
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To move one's arm in a punching motion.
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In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
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"to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"
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To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
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The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
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To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
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To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
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A ship swings with the tide.