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free-swinging

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free-swing·​ing | \ ˈfrē-ˈswiŋ-iŋ How to pronounce free-swinging (audio) \

Definition of free-swinging

: bold, forthright, and heedless of personal consequences a free-swinging soldier of fortune— Will Herberg

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1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free-swinging was in 1949

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