"swing both ways" meaning in All languages combined

See swing both ways on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-swing both ways.ogg Forms: swings both ways [present, singular, third-person], swinging both ways [participle, present], swung both ways [participle, past], swung both ways [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|swing<,,swung> both ways}} swing both ways (third-person singular simple present swings both ways, present participle swinging both ways, simple past and past participle swung both ways)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To be bisexual. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Synonyms: be bisexual Translations (bisexual): être à voile et à vapeur (French), auf beiden Ufern stehen (German), batear a ambos lados (Spanish)

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