"wheel out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wheel out.ogg [Australia] Forms: wheels out [present, singular, third-person], wheeling out [participle, present], wheeled out [participle, past], wheeled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wheel out (third-person singular simple present wheels out, present participle wheeling out, simple past and past participle wheeled out)
  1. (idiomatic, often derogatory) To employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial). Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, often
    Sense id: en-wheel_out-en-verb-fh~1MQJ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 79 21
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wheel, out.
    Sense id: en-wheel_out-en-verb-~Y45fUy4

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