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Energetically start doing something, as in Come on, let's swing into action before the others arrive. This idiom uses swing in the sense of “move vigorously.”
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Words nearby swing into action
swingeing, swinger, swinging, swinging door, swinging voter, swing into action, swingle, swinglebar, swing leg, swingletree, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
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