Slang definitions & phrases for swing for the fences
swing for the fences
verb phrase
To swing very hard, trying for a home run: As the Babe knew, swinging for the fences often brings more strikeouts than four-baggers(1970s+ Baseball)
To make a maximum effort; go for broke: What was striking about Clinton's first week in office was the way he swung for the fences on the domestic front/ This stockbroker prefers to invest his own money in issues more risky than the ones Morgan Stanley recommends; he is willing to swing for the fences with his own investments(1980s+)
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers. Cite This Source
