in the swim
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
involved in current events or activities
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
đắm mình trong sự kiện hoặc hoạt động hiện tại
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Literally: in the act of swimming
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The cash for York Against Cancer was raised at an event in the British Embassy at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, organised by Mary Masefield, whose husband is a pilot based in Saudi.
And a lot of people have rallied round Terry Biddlecombe, very popular man, Injured Jockeys ' Fund among others and he's back in the back in the swim fully employed and in action for Mackeson today at er Cheltenham.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “in the swim” mean?
involved in current events or activities Literally: in the act of swimming
Is “in the swim” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.