swing of things

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Meaning: (idiomatic,usually preceded bythe)Thenormalflowandrhythmof daily life or of activities in a specific field.It's hard to get back into theswing of thingsafter a long holiday.1905,Annie Fellows Johnston, chapter 11, inThe Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation:"I know how it would knock me out to have to stop now, just when I've got into theswing of things, so I know just how you feel."1987February 21, Dave Perkins, “Tom Filer faces double jeopardy”, inToronto Star, Canada, retrieved22 June 2011, page C1:"I've been out of theswing of thingsfor a whole year. I'm still trying to get back into the flow of it."2008January 3, Andrea Sachs, “How Not to Look Old”, inTime:[I]f you're going back into the job market — say your job was just eliminated, and you need to get back into theswing of things— you're not going to do well with gray hair.

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