I heard someone use this, and I didn't know what they were talking about?
2007-01-19 16:11:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It means to try as hard as you can. It comes from baseball. The fence indicates a homerun. Aiming (or swinging) for the fences means trying to hit the ball out of park.
2007-01-19 16:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It comes from baseball. It's like telling someone at bat to try for a home run. Swing for the Fences is like saying Go for the Gold. The fences in the case of baseball when baseball parks were bounded by fences and a ball over the fence was a home run.
2007-01-19 16:22:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It s a baseball metaphor. Taken literally it means committing your full power to your swing to try to hit a home run (hitting the ball over the fence). As a metaphor, it means acting with full confidence and commitment in order to achieve a goal. There is also an element of risk involved, and of hubris. The batter "swinging for the fence" has less control and may connect poorly with the ball. If you are "swinging for the fence" then you are acting decisively in spite of the fact that a safer path exists and that failure will be painful. It s asking a pretty girl you just met to go home with you before you even get her phone number. It s applying for a menial job, then telling them during the interview they should hire you to be the manager. If you are not qualified, then it s hubris. But if you can convince them that you have what it takes and get the job (or the girl), then you "swung for the fence" successfully and "scored." I m accustomed to hearing it as the singular "fence", but the plural "fences" seems more common.
2015-05-27 18:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Ken 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a baseball term and it means swinging to get the ball over the fence - hitting a home run, grand slam - outta the park :)
2007-01-19 16:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by aquiellez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means dream big. then act on it.
it comes from baseball where a batter who is trying to make a score will swing for the fences and get a home run.
2007-01-19 16:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by sodajerk50 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In reference to baseball, in which to swing for the fences means to try and get a homerun. From that you would see that it means to try your very best and try to achieve!
2007-01-19 16:15:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it basically means to try your best,as in baseball when someone hits the ball over the fence the result is a home run(the batter has done their best) so the phrase is meant to inspire you to succeed.
2007-01-19 16:22:05 · answer #7 · answered by MR. EARL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swing for the fences
The origin is baseball. (Any equivalent for cricket?) It means to try with maximumeffort to hit the ball as far as possible, often leading to wild misses. High risk high reward behavior.
2007-01-19 16:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In baseball that means to try to hit a home run. In a more general sense, it means to do the very best you can.
2007-01-19 16:19:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
home run in baseball!!
2007-01-19 16:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by Jewls 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋