swing around

1. 1.

   turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically

   “He turned around to face his opponent”

   “My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake”

   Synonymsswing aboutturn around

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Questions about swing around

What does swing around mean?

swing around means "turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically".

What is another word for swing around?

Close synonyms include swing about, turn around. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swing around a common word?

swing around is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.