play pendulum

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play pendulum (third-person singular simple present plays pendulum, present participle playing pendulum, simple past and past participle played pendulum)

  1. (obsolete) To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
  2. (figuratively, by extension, obsolete) To sway from one emotion or state of mind to another.