wheel out
wheel out verb: to employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
Verb
wheel out (third-person singular simple present wheels out, present participle wheeling out, simple past and past participle wheeled out)
- To employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
- They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out.2002, Alisa Solomon, Framji Minwalla, The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater, page 253
- We need her to cover those client dinners where I get wheeled out to smile and look pretty.2015, Kiki Archer, Too Late... I Love You, page 10
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wheel, out.
- There were five in our party and the snow was too rough for ski-landing so the pilot wheeled out the old, fabric, two-engine biplane transport and loaded us on board.1971, Westways, volume 63, page 50
Forms of wheel out
| third-person singular present | wheels out |
|---|---|
| present participle | wheeling out |
| past participle | wheeled out |
| past | wheeled out |
Questions about wheel out
- What does wheel out mean?
- Wheel out means to employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
- What part of speech is wheel out?
- Wheel out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of wheel out?
- The past tense of wheel out is wheeled out.
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