"spin someone's wheels" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spins someone's wheels [present, singular, third-person], spinning someone's wheels [participle, present], spun someone's wheels [participle, past], spun someone's wheels [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|spin<,,spun> someone's wheels}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: spin one's wheels
    Sense id: en-spin_someone's_wheels-en-noun-Ill0kmPi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Deborah Godin, “Introduction”, in Papa Do Run: A Baby Boomer Looks (and Laughs) at Vintage Rock & Roll, 1st edition, United States, page 8:",
          "text": "So let me repeat, I love rock and roll. Pretty much all of it. But it’s the vintage years, the old time rock and roll, that really spins my wheels. And since I’ve been such a constant listener, I’ve had lots of time to notice some things.",
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          "ref": "2012, Laura Del, chapter 1, in Graveyard Shifts, page 1:",
          "text": "What I actually am is a fill-in magazine article writer, but freelance always sounds so much nicer. Now don’t get me wrong, I love my job. Most of the time. However, what I really want I do, what spins my wheels, is writing real news, not just “Ten Things You Should Look for in a Guy” or “How to Make Your Boobs Look Bigger.”",
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