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swing out

v. make a big sweeping gesture or movement [syn: swing, sweep]

Usage examples of "swing out".

Then tell Curran and Trent to swing out the lifeboat and lower it to the same height.

He had known it was going to happen almost from the moment he'd pointed the swing out to her.

The large oaken doors of the keep began to swing out ponderously, and several guards in the Duke's brown-and-gold darted through to take up their positions on the steps.

Her brothers would have described her as being a touch too foolhardy for her own good, stubbornly determined to climb any tree they could climb, or to swing out on a rope as high as they did before dropping into the lake.

And Dick Suilin, after a hellish moment of feeling his torso swing out and down toward the bellowing flames, braced his feet against the inner face of the armor and grabbed Cooter by the waist.

This happens to be what its apparent advance should be as we swing out in our orbit, so I became suspicious and made other observations.

Mark watched the Rolls go down the driveway, check at the gates and then swing out into Rhodes Avenue, before he turned back into the house.

In thirty minutes it would begin to swing out again, away from Earth.

Dawes, I know you're a busy man, but Jack Gordon thought I might as well swing out here since it was on my way and drop off this relocation form.