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Synonyms for swing

turn

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hit out

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hang

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swaying

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change

in full swing

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for swing

to move rhythmically back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above

to fasten or be fastened at one point with no support from below

to change the direction or course of

to turn or cause to turn in place, as on a hinge or fixed point, tracing an arclike path

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to change one's attitudes or policies, for example

to execute by suspending by the neck

to bring about and carry to a successful conclusion

an area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power

the patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting elements, such as stressed and unstressed notes in music

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Synonyms for swing

a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

a sweeping blow or stroke

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changing location by moving back and forth

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s

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a jaunty rhythm in music

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in baseball

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move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

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move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

change direction with a swinging motion

influence decisively

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make a big sweeping gesture or movement

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hang freely

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hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

alternate dramatically between high and low values

live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

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have a certain musical rhythm

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be a social swinger

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play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

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Coventry Cathedral swang to a different beat when it swapped the traditional hymns for the rhythm of jazz legend Duke Ellington.
The introduction of Gareth Cooper, Andrew Hall and Nick Fitisemanu swang the game.
Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) is an expanded version of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), already offered in the United States and Europe, with TV and video added to the audio programming (SWANG et al., 2005).
It was synthesised by the method described earlier (Siddalingaiah and Veerabhadra Swang 2000, Bullock and Hand 1956) (11.15 gm; 0.1 mol) of semicarbazide hydrochloride and 15 gm of sodium acetate was dissolved in 50 ml distilled water and mixed with 4-amino antipyrine (26 gm, 0.1 mol) was heated for about two hours on water bath.
Powerful forces swang into motion to offer support to one or the other side and put pressure on the eight justices (Justice Antonin Scalia recused himself from the case at Newdow's request since he had made public remarks earlier in which he had criticized the Circuit Court's decision (68)) considering the case.
That desire for independence, says Gene Swang, president of the Houston division of David Weekley Homes, should be encouraged, not crushed.
She is the first live foal from the Pleasant Colony mare Hostessante, who also has a two-year-old named Artic Sand and a yearling named Swang Song, both by Dixieland Band.
NIGHT OF FRUSTRATION: Henrik Larsson, top, hits a free kick against the wall while, left, Sutton tangles with Hasi and, right, Mornar battles McNamara; TURNING POINT: De Boeck is sent off by ref Fritz Stuchlik after pulling down Hartson just outside the box but bizarrely the game then swang Anderlecht's way
We never, as I say it, swang him any more, so the creak of rope and branch ended amid the huge frigid suction of the woods.
Voorbeelde hiervan is inteendeel, egter en in swang soos geillustreer in die volgende sinne:
Lipscomb applied for a $15 million, low-interest loan from the Board to fund a new library; convert the old library into administrative offices; construct an intramural building and field, tennis courts and baseball stadium; expand the Swang Business Center; make parking, landscaping and walkway improvements; and acquire computer and fiber optic equipment.
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While Fauns and Satyrs beat the ground In cadence,--and Silenus swang This way and that, with wild-flowers crowned.
Include all the main steps of your project in your abstract, suggests John Swang, head of NSRC.