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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

Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out after two competitors died while participating in the swim element of an Ironman event in Youghal, County Cork.

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

It is easy to get in the swim, and then one makes a fish of himself.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

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