swing (sth/sb) around
UK also swing (sth/sb) round— phrasal verb with swing uk/swɪŋ/us/swɪŋ/verb swung, swung
to turn around quickly, or to turn something or someone around quickly:
She heard a sudden noise behind her and swung around to see who was there.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- wheel
- wheel round
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