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swing back

swing back verb: to return to a previous position.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To return to a previous position.
    • The imminent creation of Great British Railways (GBR) shows that the pendulum is swinging back to a government-managed network, bringing fears of political interference and concerns about long-term investment.2025 October 15, Howard Johnston, “Public versus private: is there any difference?”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 62

Forms of swing back

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

Questions about swing back

What does swing back mean?
Swing back means to return to a previous position.
What part of speech is swing back?
Swing back is a verb.
What is the past tense of swing back?
The past tense of swing back is swung back.

Words near swing back in the dictionary

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

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