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View synonyms for swing by

swing by

noun

  1. Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.


swing by

verb

  1. informal.
    preposition to go somewhere to pay a visit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of swing by1

1960–65, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase swing by

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