in/into the swing of

idiom

informal

: fully involved and comfortable with (a regular activity, process, etc.)

After a while, she got into the swing of her new job.

I've been away on vacation but I should be (back) in the swing of things in a few days.

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Furthermore, once the offense gets back into the swing of things, a 60-win season is certainly on the table if the team can stay healthy. —

Nick Crain, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 The 35-year-old Freeman hasn’t really been in the swing of things throughout most of this series. —

Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 The Kardashian kids are already getting into the swing of their back-to-school schedules! —

Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024 Among them, Mecole Hardman, Jr., Patrick Mahomes and his fellow quarterbacks, Justyn Ross and others walked down to the field to get back into the swing of things. —

Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for in/into the swing of

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