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swap in

swap in verb: to exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.

Verb

swap in (third-person singular simple present swaps in, present participle swapping in, simple past and past participle swapped in)

  1. To exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.
    • Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped in Tom.
    • Jerry was slowing down, so I swapped Tom in.
  2. (transitive) To retrieve (memory contents) from a swap file.

Antonyms of swap in

Forms of swap in

third-person singular presentswaps in
present participleswapping in
past participleswapped in
pastswapped in

Questions about swap in

What does swap in mean?
Swap in means to exchange (someone or something) for another of the same kind.
What part of speech is swap in?
Swap in is a verb.
What is the past tense of swap in?
The past tense of swap in is swapped in.

Words near swap in in the dictionary

  1. swap chain
  2. swap chains
  3. swap file
  4. swap files
  5. swap horses in midstream
  6. swap in
  7. swap line
  8. swap lines
  9. swap meet
  10. swap meets
  11. swap out

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