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in the swim of things

in the swim of things is the alternative form of in the swim.

Meaning of in the swim

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Actively participating in the flow of events; very involved.
    • He had very little money, but he was lucky at cards, made many acquaintances, took part in all entertainments, in a word, he was in the swim.1894, Ivan Turgenev, chapter 8, in Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, published 1859

Questions about in the swim of things

What is in the swim of things the alternative form of?
In the swim of things is the alternative form of in the swim.

Words near in the swim of things in the dictionary

  1. in the stead of
  2. in the stratosphere
  3. in the straw
  4. in the streets
  5. in the swim
  6. in the swim of things
  7. in the tank
  8. in the teeth of
  9. in the thick of
  10. in the thick of it
  11. in the throes of

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