swing out

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   make a big sweeping gesture or movement

   Synonymsswingsweep

   Broaderwield

Questions about swing out

What does swing out mean?

swing out means "make a big sweeping gesture or movement".

What is another word for swing out?

Close synonyms include swing, sweep. 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 out a common word?

swing out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.