"swing back" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "<,,swung>"
      },
      "expansion": "swing back (third-person singular simple present swings back, present participle swinging back, simple past and past participle swung back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"back\"",
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            [
              81,
              94
            ]
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          "ref": "2025 October 15, Howard Johnston, “Public versus private: is there any difference?”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 62:",
          "text": "The imminent creation of Great British Railways (GBR) shows that the pendulum is swinging back to a government-managed network, bringing fears of political interference and concerns about long-term investment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To return to a previous position."
      ],
      "id": "en-swing_back-en-verb-3Dva3DyI",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
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        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To return to a previous position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing back"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,swung>"
      },
      "expansion": "swing back (third-person singular simple present swings back, present participle swinging back, simple past and past participle swung back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"back\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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              81,
              94
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          ],
          "ref": "2025 October 15, Howard Johnston, “Public versus private: is there any difference?”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 62:",
          "text": "The imminent creation of Great British Railways (GBR) shows that the pendulum is swinging back to a government-managed network, bringing fears of political interference and concerns about long-term investment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To return to a previous position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To return to a previous position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing back"
}