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be in full swing

be at the busiest point

If an activity is in full swing, it is at its busiest or liveliest point.

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Is the conference busy today?

Yes, it is in full swing now.

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By the time we arrived, the festival was in full swing.

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Not: be on full swing

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The fixed preposition in this phrase is "in," not "on."

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be in full swing; get into full swing

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By the time we arrived, the festival was in full swing.

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be in full swing

be at the busiest point

“By the time we arrived, the festival was in full swing.”

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