"swing by" meaning in English

See swing by in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: swings by [present, singular, third-person], swinging by [participle, present], swung by [participle, past], swung by [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|swing<,,swung> by}} swing by (third-person singular simple present swings by, present participle swinging by, simple past and past participle swung by)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To pay a brief, informal visit. Tags: idiomatic, informal, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: swing over Translations (Translations): vorbeischauen (German), забежать (zabežatʹ) (Russian), заскочить (zaskočitʹ) (Russian), pasarse (Spanish), vända (Swedish), uğramak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To pay a brief, informal visit."
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "vorbeischauen"
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          "note": "zahaczać (o + accusative)",
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          "note": "zahaczyć (o + accusative)",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zabežatʹ",
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          "word": "забежать"
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          "word": "заскочить"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pasarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vända"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "uğramak"
        }
      ]
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "vorbeischauen"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "zahaczać (o + accusative)",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "zahaczyć (o + accusative)",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zabežatʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "забежать"
    },
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      "roman": "zaskočitʹ",
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      "word": "заскочить"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pasarse"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vända"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "uğramak"
    }
  ],
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}

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