"spin one's wheels" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "spins one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spinning one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spun one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spun one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spin<,,spun> one's wheels"
      },
      "expansion": "spin one's wheels (third-person singular simple present spins one's wheels, present participle spinning one's wheels, simple past and past participle spun one's wheels)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been spinning my wheels on this problem all week, with nothing to show for it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "nowhere",
          "nowhere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "spin someone's wheels"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
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  "word": "spin one's wheels"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spins one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spinning one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spun one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spun one's wheels",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spin<,,spun> one's wheels"
      },
      "expansion": "spin one's wheels (third-person singular simple present spins one's wheels, present participle spinning one's wheels, simple past and past participle spun one's wheels)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spin someone's wheels"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been spinning my wheels on this problem all week, with nothing to show for it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "nowhere",
          "nowhere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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