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swipe left

swipe left verb: to reject or discard something.

Verb

swipe left (third-person singular simple present swipes left, present participle swiping left, simple past and past participle swiped left)

  1. (informal) To reject or discard something.
    Antonyms:
    swipe right

Antonyms of swipe left

Forms of swipe left

third-person singular presentswipes left
present participleswiping left
past participleswiped left
pastswiped left

Origin of swipe left

In reference to Tinder, a software program for computer dating; users accept or reject potential matches by respectively swiping right or left on a touchscreen.

Questions about swipe left

What does swipe left mean?
Swipe left means to reject or discard something.
What part of speech is swipe left?
Swipe left is a verb.
What is the past tense of swipe left?
The past tense of swipe left is swiped left.

Words near swipe left in the dictionary

  1. swipe
  2. swipe card
  3. swipe cards
  4. swipe file
  5. swipe files
  6. swipe left
  7. swipe right
  8. swipe-tab
  9. swipeable
  10. swipecard
  11. swipecards

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