put a spin on something in Anglais

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    "locution formée du verbe to put et du substantif spin."
  ],
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        "Mettre en rotation un objet."
      ],
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        "Littéralement"
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      "glosses": [
        "S'intéresser à quelque chose."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "S'intéresser à quelque chose.",
        "Put a new/fresh spin on something : porter un regard neuf, aborder sous un angle nouveau."
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mettre en valeur, mettre en avant quelque chose."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put a spin on something"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "locution formée du verbe to put et du substantif spin."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mettre en rotation un objet."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Littéralement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "S'intéresser à quelque chose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "S'intéresser à quelque chose.",
        "Put a new/fresh spin on something : porter un regard neuf, aborder sous un angle nouveau."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mettre en valeur, mettre en avant quelque chose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put a spin on something"
}

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"put a spin on something" meaning in Anglais

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