"swing out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-swing out.wav Forms: swings out [present, singular, third-person], swinging out [participle, present], swung out [participle, past], swung out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|swinging out|swung out|swung out}} 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.
    Sense id: en-swing_out-en-verb-5DTuY2FP
  2. (MLE, transitive, slang) To kill or seriously injure by applying the edge of a knife. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-swing_out-en-verb-dGmFa0fM Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
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          "ref": "2013 August 19, “Bend To My Will” (track 3), in Justin Currie (lyrics), Lower Reaches:",
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          "text": "I was twelve years old, just playin football\nNo I am swinging out yutes with the largest tool",
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        "To kill or seriously injure by applying the edge of a knife."
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