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Apr 21, 2023 00:13
1 yr ago
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English term

pull back in a swing

Non-PRO English Other Other
Play with your child (3 year old) outside, by playing “ready, set, go.”
For example, pull your child back in a swing.

What does it mean?
Is it some baseball term? If yes, what does it mean in this context?

Thank you in advance
Responses
4 +7 not baseball
4 Getting out of a situation at once, fast, or leaving a situation behind.
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Apr 21, 2023 15:40: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Chris Says Bye, Tony M, Yvonne Gallagher

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Responses

+7
33 mins
Selected

not baseball

This is referring to an adult “pushing” a child in a swing on a swingset on a playground. The action begins with the adult first pulling back on the swing and then releasing it. Nothing to do with baseball.


Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : It could also mean using your child as a golf club...
32 mins
😂
agree FPC : agree , not baseball
6 hrs
agree Daryo : can't see what else would make sense, although I can't see the connection with “ready, set, go.”
6 hrs
It’s a game adults play with children. As the adult pulls back the swing, they say to the child, “Ready?” Then they hold the swing in mid air for a second and say, “Set.” Finally the adult releases the swing and says, “Go!”
agree Chris Says Bye : Yeah, probably golf😂
6 hrs
agree Tony M
6 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
14 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : Baseball?? How absurd. Clearly a child's swing (or is there some US term for that?)
1 day 11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! "
3 days 21 hrs

Getting out of a situation at once, fast, or leaving a situation behind.

To pull back, it means to put it behind you.
In a swing, I think it means "at once", with no need of having to do it again.
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