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spinning someone's wheels

spinning someone's wheels is the present participle and gerund of spin someone's wheels.

Meaning of spin someone's wheels

Noun

spin someone's wheels (third-person singular simple present spins someone's wheels, present participle spinning someone's wheels, simple past and past participle spun someone's wheels)

  1. (idiomatic) To excite someone; to stir someone's emotions.
    • “Didn’t you say that Joe fulfills you? That he ‘spins your wheels’!”2004, J. W. James III, chapter 26, in Don't Tell...: ...grandma, United States of America, page 249

Questions about spinning someone's wheels

What is spinning someone's wheels the present participle and gerund of?
Spinning someone's wheels is the present participle and gerund of spin someone's wheels.

Words near spinning someone's wheels in the dictionary

  1. spinning plates
  2. spinning rod
  3. spinning rods
  4. spinning round
  5. spinning rust
  6. spinning someone's wheels
  7. spinning teacups
  8. spinning top
  9. spinning tops
  10. spinning up
  11. spinning wheel

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