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spin out

[for a vehicle] to go out of control, spinning. You nearly spun out on that last turn! Cars were spinning out all over the highway when the ice storm hit.

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spin something out

to prolong something. Was there really any need to spin the whole process out so long? Why did they spin out the graduation ceremony for such a long time?

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spin out something

also spin something out

to give the details of a story or idea LaRouche liked to spin out crazy theories all the time. We were dazzled by his ability to take a simple idea and spin it out into something amazing.

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spin out

1. Protract or prolong, as in They spun out the negotiations over a period of months. This idiom alludes to drawing out a thread by spinning. [c. 1600]

2. Rotate out of control, as in The car spun out and crashed into the store window. [Mid-1900s]

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spin out

v.

To rotate out of control, as a skidding car leaving a roadway: The car spun out on the ice and crashed into the ditch.

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