swing back
To move back the other way like a pendulum, or for something (like an election result or fashion) to go back to how it was before.
Meanings
Of a physical object: to move back to its original position in a swinging arc.
"The heavy gate swung back and hit him as he walked through."
Of public opinion, voting trends, or moods: to reverse direction and return toward a previous position.
"After two years of decline, voter support began to swing back towards the governing party."
Very commonly used in political journalism to describe opinion polls or election results reversing. Also used in physical descriptions of doors, pendulums, and moving objects. The 'pendulum' metaphor is explicit in much political writing.
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