Idiom
swing back
Meaning
To return to a previous position.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The door will swing back if you do not hold it.”
“After the pendulum reaches the end of its arc, it will swing back to the center.”
“Public opinion often tends to swing back toward traditional values after a period of rapid social change.”
Examples
simple
“The door will swing back if you do not hold it.”
contextual
“After the pendulum reaches the end of its arc, it will swing back to the center.”
complex
“Public opinion often tends to swing back toward traditional values after a period of rapid social change.”
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