in full swing
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Proceeding fully, quickly, or completely; thoroughly begun and in progress.
- We arrived an hour late and found the event already in full swing.
- The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:
- Synonyms
- in full gear
- Related terms
- go with a swing, swing of things