spin out (English, verb)
expansion: spin out (third-person singular simple present spins out, present participle spinning out, simple past and past participle spun out)
Senses:
glosses: To prolong; to make longer (in time).
tags: ambitransitive
idiomatic
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: To rotate about the yaw axis while skidding, such that the vehicle's longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a vehicle
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: To cause one's vehicle to rotate about the yaw axis while skidding, such that the vehicle's longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion; or to experience such behavior from one's vehicle.
tags: ambitransitive
raw_tags: of a driver
topics: business
glosses: To form a subsidiary company which continues part of the prior operations of the parent company.
Forms:
form: spins out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spinning out
tags: participle
present
form: spun out
tags: participle
past
form: spun out
tags: past