Definition of "free-swinging" [free-swinging]

• Bold and uninhibited: a lawyer with a free-swinging, controversial courtroom style; gave a free-swinging press conference. (adjective)

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• "Opponents took advantage of his refusal to change from a free-swinging approach, driving Francoeur all the way to the minors for three days."
• "Against the free-swinging Giants, that was suicide."
• "She played extremely well but I was not as free-swinging as in the earlier matches."