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swim in something 1. Lit. to swim in a body of water. Is it safe to swim in this water? Can we swim in your pool? 2. Fig. to experience an overabundance of something. (Not directly related to {2}) We are just swimming in orders right now. Business is good. Mr. Wilson is swimming in money. See also: swim swim in something to have too much of something The company is swimming in cash and trying to figure out what to do with it. Every meal was swimming in grease. See also: swim How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But not to speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for any whale to swim in. But the fishes that swim in our brooks we can see, and often we catch them to eat. At one side of the bedroom was a dainty dressing-room with closets containing a large assortment of fresh clothing; and beyond this was the bath--a large room having a marble pool big enough to swim in, with white marble steps leading down to the water. |
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