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swinging off

swinging off is the present participle and gerund of swing off.

Meaning of swing off

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

Questions about swinging off

What is swinging off the present participle and gerund of?
Swinging off is the present participle and gerund of swing off.

Words near swinging off in the dictionary

  1. swinging door
  2. swinging doors
  3. swinging for
  4. swinging for the fences
  5. swinging into action
  6. swinging off
  7. swinging one's dick around
  8. swinging out
  9. swinging over
  10. swinging post
  11. swinging posts

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