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wheeling out

wheeling out is the present participle and gerund of wheel out.

Meaning of wheel out

Verb

wheel out (third-person singular simple present wheels out, present participle wheeling out, simple past and past participle wheeled out)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, often) 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
  2. 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

Questions about wheeling out

What is wheeling out the present participle and gerund of?
Wheeling out is the present participle and gerund of wheel out.

Words near wheeling out in the dictionary

  1. wheeling and dealing
  2. wheeling around
  3. wheeling away
  4. wheeling machine
  5. wheeling machines
  6. wheeling out
  7. wheeling round
  8. Wheelingite
  9. wheelingly
  10. wheelings
  11. wheelings and dealings

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