单词 | to swing a right |
释义 | > as lemmasto swing a right (or left) b. To throw (a punch), esp. in to swing a right (or left). Also absol., to strike or flail at with the fist. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1894 A. Morrison Tales of Mean Streets 138 It was a hard fight, and both the lads were swinging the right again and again for a knock-out. 1920 Collier's 3 July 34/4 The other guy prob'ly didn't hear me because on the instant he swung a roundhouse left, square on the Kid's unprotected face. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror viii. 147 She..swung her right and plugged Slingsby a perfect beauty in the eye. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 2/6 Mr. Collins leaped to his feet and swung a round-house right at the witness. 1974 P. Cave Dirtiest Picture Postcard xiii. 85 She swung at her empty glass, sending it flying across the smooth bar-top to smash against a row of optics. 1976 Publishers Weekly 5 Jan. 63/3 In this stimulating and controversial history of that period, Lukacs comes out swinging at a lot of cherished myths. < as lemmas |
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