swing your partner
Do-si-do's companion
Swing your partner is a call in square dancing and other American folk dances, directing dancers to grasp their partner and rotate together, typically by linking elbows or joining hands.
The phrase evokes barn dances, hoedowns, and rural Americana: The caller shouted "swing your partner" and the fiddle picked up tempo.
It sometimes appears figuratively for any coordinated partnered movement or collaboration.
- square danceChoreographed folk gathering
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- country musicRural Southern folk-pop genre
- country westernAmerican roots music genre
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
barn dance · caller · twirl · spin · allemande · hoedown · dancing · boots · western · folk dance · folk music · heel · stomp · hand clap · clap · boot scootin · circle · couple
- contra dancecontra dance, country dance, longways, caller, figure
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- folk dancessquare dances, jig, square dance, polka, line dance
swing your partnerstand still
Cease all movement
separate · let go · turn away · hold your ground · break away
swing, swinging, swings, swinger, swingers, your, yourself, yourselves, partner