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Meanings of swing about in English

Portuguese
volver

Turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically.

volver
Usage of swing about in English
1
Yes, we're talking about bitcoin which continues to swing about in crazed fashion.
The Irish Times
2
Crimbing hammak! yell the flexible Japanese climbers as they leap and swing about.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
Then something made me swing about to face them both across the deck.
Woken furies
4
Well, we'll swing about in a circle to get home.
The Helmet of Navarre
5
Two suns can balance about a point; all suns can swing about a common centre.
Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
6
These swing about like very high-speed Indian clubs, which they resemble, functioning as tiny gyroscopes.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
7
The mariners shout, The ships swing about, The yards are all hoisted, The sails flutter out.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
8
They found their hats and without further ado they started on a swing about the grounds.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
9
She had not reckoned that the defense would suddenly swing about and plead for the defeated prosecution.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
10
There was, I felt, quite a swing about that first stanza- ajoyousand rollicking note of comradeship.
Seven Men [Excerpts]
11
He saw the black-haired man at the front of the restaurant swing about to face down the room.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
12
She was the pretty doll he could swing about as a reminder of his one-man school of art.
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
13
Lying Bill and McHenry were seamen-traders ashore until their schooner sailed for another swing about the French groups of islands.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
14
The bell was so vast that it was considered prudent to bolt it in place rather than let it swing about.
The Guardian
15
He returned towards the pavilion, so far forgetting himself in his pleasure as to swing about his bat like a tennis-racket.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
16
At first he saw it breast the stream as if proceeding towards London Bridge, then abruptly swing about and follow them.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
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Translations for swing about
Portuguese
volver
Swing about through the time
Swing about across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common