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Collocations for swing - noun

1. change in public opinion, sb's mood, etc.

ADJECTIVE

big, dramatic, huge, sharp, violent, wide (esp. AmE)
violent swings in policy
small
10%, etc.
sudden, wild
his sudden swings of mood
electoral, national (esp. BrE)
mood
She suffers from severe mood swings.

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VERB + swing

need
The party needs a swing of only 2.5% to win.
represent
This represents a swing of 14% against the party.
suffer, suffer from

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swing + NOUN

state, vote, voter (all esp. AmE)
Ohio is a swing state in the presidential election.

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PREPOSITION

swing in favour of (BrE), swing to, swing towards/toward
signs of a late swing to the Democrats
swing against
a dramatic swing against the socialists
swing away from
the swing away from science in schools
swing from
swing in
a sharp swing in the attitudes of economists

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2. swinging movement

ADJECTIVE

wild
mighty (esp. AmE), powerful
backward, forward
golf
practice

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VERB + swing

do, make, take
the technique for making the perfect golf swing
change
practise/practice
The golfers were practising/practicing their swings.

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swing + NOUN

bridge, door (both BrE)

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PREPOSITION

swing at
He took a wild swing at the ball.
swing of
There was a political swing of the pendulum back to the right. (figurative)

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3. swinging seat

ADJECTIVE

porch, tyre/tire (both esp. AmE)

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VERB + swing

go on, play on, sit on
Some kids were playing on the swings.

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PREPOSITION

on a/the swing
Her dad pushed her on the swing.

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Collocations for swing - verb

1. move backwards and forwards/from side to side

ADVERB

gently, slowly
violently, wildly
She lashed out, her arm swinging wildly.
freely
Let your arms swing freely at your sides.
back and forth, from side to side, to and fro
The pendulum swung slowly from side to side.

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PREPOSITION

from
I could see him swinging from the branch of a large tree.

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2. move smoothly

ADVERB

slowly
suddenly
sharply
The road swung sharply around.
across, around, away, back, down, forward, off, round (esp. BrE), up
Hearing a sarcastic note in his voice, she swung around to face him.

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VERB + swing

let sth
She let the door swing shut behind her.

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PREPOSITION

from
She swung down from the tree in one easy movement.
into
He swung up into the saddle and rode off.
towards/toward
Nick swung towards/toward her.

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PHRASES

swing open, swing shut

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3. change quickly

ADVERB

rapidly
suddenly
wildly
The balance of power swung wildly from one party to the other.
heavily
Opinion swung heavily to the left.

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PREPOSITION

from, to
Her mood could swing rapidly from gloom to exhilaration.

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Swing is used with these nouns as the subject:
arm, bag, balance, batter, hip, leg, monkey, price

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Swing is used with these nouns as the object:
arm, axe, backpack, bag, balance, basket, bat, baton, blade, deal, election, fist, foot, hammer, handbag, head, hip, leg, punch, racket, vote

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