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swung off

swung off is the simple past and past participle 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 swung off

What is swung off the simple past and past participle of?
Swung off is the simple past and past participle of swing off.

Words near swung off in the dictionary

  1. swung dash
  2. swung dashes
  3. swung for
  4. swung for the fences
  5. swung into action
  6. swung off
  7. swung one's dick around
  8. swung out
  9. swung over
  10. swung round the circle
  11. swung that way

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