"in full swing" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in full swing.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in full swing, {{en-PP}} in full swing
  1. Proceeding fully, quickly, or completely; thoroughly begun and in progress. Synonyms: in full gear Related terms: go with a swing, swing of things Translations (proceeding fully): 正全面展开 (Chinese Mandarin), 全力进行中 (jìnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), v plném proudu (Czech), täydessä vauhdissa (Finnish), battre son plein (French), in pieno svolgimento (Italian), pilnā sparā (Latvian), în toi (Romanian), в разгаре (v razgare) (Russian), на полную катушку (na polnuju katušku) (Russian)
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