swing at (someone or something)
idiom
: to try to hit (someone or something) by moving something
She swung her purse at me.
She swung at the ball but missed.
He made a fist and swung at me for no reason.
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Netflix is taking a swing at Westerns, while Paramount+ is peeling back the curtain on a famous family in a moving documentary.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Their plot thickens when Davis goads Staten into taking a swing at him.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The deck is optimal for stargazing after a long day of skiing, snowboarding, swimming at Big Boulder Lake, practicing your swing at one of the nearby golf courses, or an afternoon at the water park.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
And yet 2025 looks set to be the year that manufacturers like Apple and Samsung take another serious swing at the ultra-thin dream.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Their plot thickens when Davis goads Staten into taking a swing at him.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The deck is optimal for stargazing after a long day of skiing, snowboarding, swimming at Big Boulder Lake, practicing your swing at one of the nearby golf courses, or an afternoon at the water park.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
And yet 2025 looks set to be the year that manufacturers like Apple and Samsung take another serious swing at the ultra-thin dream.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for swing at (someone or something)
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“Swing at (someone or something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swing%20at%20%28someone%20or%20something%29. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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