ADJ
- big, dramatic, huge, sharp, violent
- violent swings in policy
- modest, small
- 10%, etc.
- adverse, negative
- The Conservatives suffered an adverse swing of 6%
- sudden, wild
- his sudden swings of mood
- late
- a late swing towards the Tories
- national
- electoral
- mood
- She suffers from severe mood swings
VERB + SWING
- need, require
- The party needs a swing of only 2.5% to win the seat
- represent
- This represents a swing of 14% towards Labour
- suffer (from)
PREP
- ~ against
- a dramatic swing against the socialists
- ~ away from
- the swing away from science in the sixth form
- ~ from, ~ in
- a sharp swing in the attitudes of many economists
- ~ to/towards/in favour of
- signs of a late swing to the Democrats
ADJ
- wild
- backward, forward
- golf
- practice
VERB + SWING
- do, make, take
- the technique for making the perfect golf swing
- change
- practise
- golfers practising their swings
PREP
- ~ at
- He took a wild swing at the ball
VERB + SWING
- go/play on
- Some kids were playing on the swings
ADV
- gently, slowly
- violently, wildly
- She lashed out, her arm swinging wildly
- back and forth, backwards and forwards, from side to side, to and fro
- The pendulum swung slowly backwards and forwards
PREP
- from
- I could see him swinging from the branch of a large tree
VERB + SWING
- slowly
- suddenly
- sharply
- The road swung sharply round
- across, around/round, away, back, down, off, up
- Hearing a sarcastic note in his voice, she swung around to face him
- let sth
- She let the door swing shut behind her
PREP
- from
- She swung down from the tree in one easy movement
- into
- He swung up into the saddle and rode off
- towards
- Niccolo ` swung towards her
ADV
- rapidly
- suddenly
- wildly
- The balance of power swung wildly from one party to the other
- heavily
- Opinion swung heavily to the left
PREP
- from, to
- Her mood could swing rapidly from gloom to exhilaration
