swing by

noun

Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.

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Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase swing by

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swing by

—vb
	informal (prep) to go somewhere to pay a visit

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