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Meaning of swing out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swing, out.
  2. To kill or seriously injure by applying the edge of a knife.
    Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive

Examples

“They swing out the big light I know the drill But I won’t slip away from them, not until They bend to my will So I face the gaping lion’s mouth with a little grin”
“I was twelve years old, just playin football No I am swinging out yutes with the largest tool”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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