"tourner à vide" meaning in French

See tourner à vide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tuʁ.ne a vid/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tourner à vide.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} tourner à vide
  1. (of an engine) to tick over, to idle, to run idle
    Sense id: en-tourner_à_vide-fr-verb-rIIEYizK
  2. (figuratively) to spin one's wheels, to go round in circles, to go nowhere Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tourner_à_vide-fr-verb-vDOtAIQN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 93

Download JSON data for tourner à vide meaning in French (1.6kB)

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