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swing away

swing away verb: to swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.

Verb

swing away (third-person singular simple present swings away, present participle swinging away, simple past and past participle swung away)

  1. To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.

Forms of swing away

third-person singular presentswings away
present participleswinging away
past participleswung away
pastswung away

Questions about swing away

What does swing away mean?
Swing away means to swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.
What part of speech is swing away?
Swing away is a verb.
What is the past tense of swing away?
The past tense of swing away is swung away.

Words near swing away in the dictionary

  1. Swinford
  2. Swinfords
  3. swing
  4. swing and a miss
  5. swing at anchor
  6. swing away
  7. swing back
  8. swing bin
  9. swing bins
  10. swing both ways
  11. swing bridge

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