swing for

VERB

recompense

Synonyms

STRONG

atone balance comp compensate counterbalance counterpoise countervail equalize expiate fix grease indemnify offset overcompensate pay propitiate reciprocate recoup recover redress reimburse remunerate repay requite retaliate retrieve return reward satisfy square

WEAK

ante up atone for cough up do business give satisfaction make amends make good make up for pay for put out spring for sweeten the pot take care of

Antonyms

STRONG

deprive disproportion dissatisfy lose penalize refuse seize take worsen

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“You realize they’re important to you even though they’re semi-strangers,” said Mai Yee, who has been dancing at Midsummer Night Swing for more than 20 years.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Swing for the fences, everybody, and there is no shame in swinging and missing, over and over.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2019

“I know you’re embarrassed, but keep fighting—keep swinging, men. Swing for the fences.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2016

Swing for Your Seaters were welcome to loosen up.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2015

So I took Courage, and bade Despair go Swing for a dried Yeoman Sprat as he is.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

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