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/swɪŋ əbˈaʊt/ Listen

Swing about

verb

Turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically. Synonyms: swing around, turn around. "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"

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"Swing about" Quotes from Famous Books

... poet to whom words come not? A dumb composer of unuttered sounds, Ignored by fame and to the world unknown? Thine may be, then, the mission to create Immortal lyrics and immortal strains, For stars to chant together as they swing About the holy centre ...

— Poems of Purpose • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... deviate or face about. Truly a man of blood and iron, as Bismarck or Moltke was, his erected will is a sword and a vise. To gain a predetermined goal Henry H. Rogers will go through hell, fire, and water, swing about and make the return trip, and then repeat, until death interferes or his object is attained. Such men as he in other days subjugated kingdoms or made deserts where they operated; in religion they became St. ...

— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson

Words linked to "Swing about" : turn