swing it
idiom
informal
: to do or manage something successfully
If he can swing it, he'll visit next month.
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But the Academy’s younger, more international intake of members could help swing it, as could the prospect of seeing the trio on the red carpet.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Obama might have pushed the pendulum of U.S. involvement in the Middle East too far toward disengagement, but there is no need to swing it back to the militarized overinvolvement that characterized the administration of George W. Bush.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
Here's another classic: have your kids take a water hose and swing it around in a low circle, like a helicopter propeller.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Mar. 2024
Choosing to include countries that are openly antagonistic toward the West, like Iran, could swing it further toward becoming an anti-Western bloc, experts say.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
The man raises his hands, gripping the gun with his right hand, then appears to swing it over to his left side. Macmaster opens fire.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2022
Kerik worked alongside his longtime friend Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election to find any evidence of voter fraud that would swing it for Trump.
—Annie Grayer, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
From there, O’Neale has a bunch of options: shoot the open three, swing it to shooters on the weak side, whatever.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2021
And yet, Lillard inexplicably tried to swing it to the corner.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Obama might have pushed the pendulum of U.S. involvement in the Middle East too far toward disengagement, but there is no need to swing it back to the militarized overinvolvement that characterized the administration of George W. Bush.
—Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
Here's another classic: have your kids take a water hose and swing it around in a low circle, like a helicopter propeller.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Mar. 2024
Choosing to include countries that are openly antagonistic toward the West, like Iran, could swing it further toward becoming an anti-Western bloc, experts say.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
The man raises his hands, gripping the gun with his right hand, then appears to swing it over to his left side. Macmaster opens fire.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2022
Kerik worked alongside his longtime friend Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election to find any evidence of voter fraud that would swing it for Trump.
—Annie Grayer, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022
From there, O’Neale has a bunch of options: shoot the open three, swing it to shooters on the weak side, whatever.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2021
And yet, Lillard inexplicably tried to swing it to the corner.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
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“Swing it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swing%20it. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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