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swing off

swing off verb: to steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.
    • When the sleigh rider takes up chase, attack him again as soon as he's finished his effort, whether it be because he's caught the breakaway rider, has swung off for someone else to take pace, or is just plain slowing down from fatigue.1999, Ashok Kumar, Cycling, page 172

Forms of swing off

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

Questions about swing off

What does swing off mean?
Swing off means to steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.
What part of speech is swing off?
Swing off is a verb.
What is the past tense of swing off?
The past tense of swing off is swung off.

Words near swing off in the dictionary

  1. swing loan
  2. swing loans
  3. swing motion
  4. swing motions
  5. swing of things
  6. swing off
  7. swing one's dick around
  8. swing out
  9. swing over
  10. swing pan
  11. swing pans

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