in the swim
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Actively participating in the flow of events; very involved.
Example Sentences
- "He had very little money, but he was lucky at cards, made many acquaintances, took part in all entertainments, in a word, he was in the swim."
- "These punctual jaunts, very sensibly practised as a purge against dullness, together with the stir and hubbub of a garrison town in which his walled garden stood isolated, as it were, all day long, amid marchings, countermarchings, bugle-calls, and the rumble of wagons filled with material of war, gave him a sense of being in the swim—of close participation in the world's affairs."
- "But "he's right there in the center of things, in the swim of art history.""