"swipe right" meaning in English

See swipe right in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: swipes right [present, singular, third-person], swiping right [participle, present], swiped right [participle, past], swiped right [past]
Etymology: In reference to Tinder (app), a software program for computer dating; users accept or reject potential matches by respectively swiping right or left on a touchscreen. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} swipe right (third-person singular simple present swipes right, present participle swiping right, simple past and past participle swiped right)
  1. (informal) To choose to accept something. Wikipedia link: Tinder (app) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-swipe_right-en-verb-oI1jskqk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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