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full swing

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noun

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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RELATED WORDS

act, gesture, passage, autonomy, flexibility, discretion, immunity, sovereignty, independence, right, exemption, ability, power, privilege, opportunity, stream, agitation, fluctuation, move, sweep

Nearby words

full score, full sentence, full speed, full speed ahead, full stop, full swing, full tilt, full tilt, at, full time, full toss, full trailer
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Examples from the Web for full swing

  • Few women can sit in the front of a big box, on a crowded and full-swing opera night, without thrilling and dilating.

    Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence

  • With wonderful celerity they hoisted sail and stood out to sea in the full-swing of the monsoon.

    Black Ivory|R.M. Ballantyne

Idioms and Phrases with full swing

full swing

see in full swing.

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