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pull back in a swing

English translation: not baseball

00:13 Apr 21, 2023
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: pull back in a swing
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
boostrer
United States
Local time: 16:03
Selected answer:not baseball
Explanation:
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.


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Sheri P
United States
Local time: 16:03
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7not baseball
Sheri P
4Getting out of a situation at once, fast, or leaving a situation behind.
ROSANA TAQUES DAVID


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
not baseball


Explanation:
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.




Sheri P
United States
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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  Christopher Schröder: 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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3 days 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Getting out of a situation at once, fast, or leaving a situation behind.


Explanation:
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.

ROSANA TAQUES DAVID
Brazil
Local time: 17:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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