Usually means: Clearing motion away from body.
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  1. outsweep: Merriam-Webster
  2. outsweep: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (outsweep)

▸ verb:  To sweep outward.
▸ noun:  (swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm outward, away from the body.

Similar:
oversweep, outfold, sweep out, outflow, outstream, sweep aside, outstep, outlean, outpull, downsweep, more...

Opposite:
insweep, incurve, concave

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Similar:
oversweep, outfold, sweep out, outflow, outstream, sweep aside, outstep, outlean, outpull, downsweep, more...

Opposite:
insweep, incurve, concave



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