swing the lead

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swing the lead

verb swings the lead · swinging the lead · swung the lead

intransitive To avoid work, especially by pretending to be ill; to shirk, to malinger. Though he was by no means inclined to help carry a gas-cylinder on a pole, while watching the working party fall in on the road that night, Bourne felt rather out of it; he felt as though he were swinging the lead.

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@misc{swing_the_lead_2026,
  title = {swing the lead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swing%20the%20lead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}