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full swing

noun

  1. full operation; greatest activity:

    For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.



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With the virus still in full swing and consumer behavior still stuck in a new normal, some brands have rethought their traditional Valentine’s Day pitch to be more at-home friendly.

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With inoculations in full swing, there is hope that the pandemic could ease up over the course of this year.

It's a trend that has been building for some time, but the streaming wars are now in full swing.

On this late October evening, early dinner service was in full swing, and laughter erupted from the main dining room, home to one of two grand communal tables.

Hold it low for a full swing or up high, just below the striking plate, for more delicate work.

Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.

We arrived to the din of a party in full swing: a band, multiple kegs of beer, dancing, foosball, and mantle diving.

Frank Gehry is enjoying a major moment: his retrospective is in full swing in Paris and his latest creation opens today.

Hours after these reports, one of which I published, the mania was in full swing.

When they heard gunfire, they realized that the operation was in full swing and it was time to escape.

While a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights.

But at the earlier period I am writing of he gave a full swing to his passionate eloquence.

By the middle of April the enemy's forward movement was in full swing.

The Alençon affair was soon in full swing again, the young prince writing love-letters to the lady whom he had not seen.

This place presents a wonderful and even terrible aspect at night, when the rail-mill and steam-hammers are in full swing.

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