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in the swim

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  1. Actively participating, in the thick of things, as in He was new in town, but he soon got in the swim at school. This expression alludes to the fishing term for a large number of fish in one area, a so-called swim. [Mid-1800s]


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In the next step, they then looked for instances of order in the swim trajectories.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

Both men got into difficulty in the swim element of the half Ironman triathlon event at Claycastle beach on Sunday.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

Loyola senior Rex Maurer broke the national record in the 500-meter freestyle Friday, dominating the field at the Southern Section in the swim finals.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2023

The Leeds race ended Alistair Brownlee’s chance of winning a third gold when he was disqualified from the race for unsportsmanlike behavior in the swim leg.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021

There were a number of Lingen people in the thing, which was winked at by the authorities, who would not ask any questions about me if I was known to be in the swim.

From The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont

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