From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishswing around/round phrasal verbTURNto turn around quickly, or to make something do this She swung around to face him.swing something/somebody ↔ around/round He swung the boat around and headed for the shore. → swing→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
swing around/round• Alarmed, she swung around and lit the candle.• Before the boat swung around Ezra caught sight of the truck rolling down the hill to the wharf.• As if she felt her sister's gaze, Susan swung round on the piano-stool and asked her to sing come carols.• She swung round to face me, shrugged gracefully and the dress fell to the ground as if a statue were being unveiled. 