swing out

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Verb

swing out (third-person singular simple present swings out, present participle swinging out, simple past and past participle swung out)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swing,‎ out.
    • 2013 August 19, “Bend To My Will” (track 3), in Justin Currie (lyrics), Lower Reaches:
      They swing out the big light I know the drill
      But I won’t slip away from them, not until
      They bend to my will
      So I face the gaping lion’s mouth with a little grin
  2. (MLE, transitive, slang) To kill or seriously injure by applying the edge of a knife.
    • a. 2023, “No hook” (2:27 from the start), Kz featured by L9 x Crasha x Cdot (lyrics):
      I was twelve years old, just playin football
      No I am swinging out yutes with the largest tool