swing over
phrasal verb
swung over; swinging over; swings over
US, informal
: to make a brief visit
I'll swing over after work to drop off the paperwork.
Examples of swing over in a Sentence
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Webb got behind Judge 3-1 but blew a 94.4 mph fastball by him and got the 2022 AL Most Valuable Player to swing over an 84.6 mph changeup.
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Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
Both of them were trying to swing over the top of me ...
—Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
With this week’s two-game road swing over, Kentucky returns to Lexington for its next two matchups.
—Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2024
But he's been working on a new-look swing over the winter.
—Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
For instance, any caregiver with mobility challenges, such as post-C-section parents, can benefit from a bassinet that swings over the bed or has a side that lowers to reduce the need to get out of bed.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Dec. 2023
Even out on the ocean surface, his rifle is always swung over his shoulder.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
In the memo, Diamond reminded commissioners of wild TDT revenue swings over the years.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
Over the last several decades, its practitioners have constructed bridges for bears, tunnels for turtles, rope webs that allow howler monkeys to swing over highways without descending to the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
Both of them were trying to swing over the top of me ...
—Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
With this week’s two-game road swing over, Kentucky returns to Lexington for its next two matchups.
—Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2024
But he's been working on a new-look swing over the winter.
—Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
For instance, any caregiver with mobility challenges, such as post-C-section parents, can benefit from a bassinet that swings over the bed or has a side that lowers to reduce the need to get out of bed.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Dec. 2023
Even out on the ocean surface, his rifle is always swung over his shoulder.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
In the memo, Diamond reminded commissioners of wild TDT revenue swings over the years.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
Over the last several decades, its practitioners have constructed bridges for bears, tunnels for turtles, rope webs that allow howler monkeys to swing over highways without descending to the forest floor.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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“Swing over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swing%20over. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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