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SWING OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swing over mean? 

SWING OVER (verb)
  The verb SWING OVER has 1 sense:

1. influence decisivelyplay

  Familiarity information: SWING OVER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWING OVER (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Influence decisively

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

swing; swing over

Context example:

This action swung many votes over to his side

Hypernyms (to "swing over" is one way to...):

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


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