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"etymology_text": "From out- + spin.",
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"ref": "1999, Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes, Homesick, my own story",
"text": "[…] again and again as if she could not tear herself away, yet each time dancing farther forward, swaying to and fro. Finally, her arms raised, she began twirling around, faster and faster, as if she were trying to outspin time itself.",
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"ref": "2006, Karen DeYoung, Soldier: the life of Colin Powell",
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"(transitive) To spin out; finish; exhaust."
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"ref": "1851, Edward Young, Night thoughts on life, death and immortality",
"text": "As if we could outspin the Fatal Sisters.",
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"ref": "2007, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Lady of Avalon",
"text": "Old Cigfolla, who despite stiff joints could outspin any of them, drew out a fine thread of flax.",
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"To exceed in spinning; exceed in spinning thread."
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"(transitive) To exceed in spinning; exceed in spinning thread."
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