up-swing

up·swing

[n. uhp-swing; v. uhp-swing] noun, verb, up·swung, up·swing·ing.
noun
1.
an upward swing or swinging movement, as of a pendulum.
2.
a marked increase or improvement: an upswing in stock prices.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make or undergo an upswing.

Origin:
1920–25; up- + swing1

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upswing
 
n
1.  economics a recovery period in the trade cycle
2.  an upward swing or movement or any increase or improvement
 
vb , -swings, -swinging, -swung
3.  (intr) to swing or move up

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upswing
1922, in golf, from up- + swing. Sense in economics is attested from 1934.
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