swing at (someone or something)
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: 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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However, there is a world in which the team is unable or perhaps unwilling to make its biggest swing at centre and pivots instead to adding a more impactful defenceman and using their Grade-A assets that way.
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Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Multiple sources also said the Trump camp floated the possibility of the president-elect lobbing a social-media swing at Levine Cava herself.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Here’s how Adobe took a strategic swing at solving one of GenAI's biggest challenges.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The Bears seem to be readying themselves to take their big swing at landing Johnson — or pivot if the Lions OC takes a job elsewhere.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Multiple sources also said the Trump camp floated the possibility of the president-elect lobbing a social-media swing at Levine Cava herself.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Here’s how Adobe took a strategic swing at solving one of GenAI's biggest challenges.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The Bears seem to be readying themselves to take their big swing at landing Johnson — or pivot if the Lions OC takes a job elsewhere.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2025.
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