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verb ADV. fast, quickly, rapidly The blade spins very fast. | freely The wheel can now spin freely. | around/round, away, back He spun round to face her. VERB + SPIN begin to, start to | make sth (figurative) The wine made my head spin. PHRASES spin like a top The engine stopped. The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me. | spin on your heel She spun on her heel and walked out of the room. | spin out of control The car spun out of control., noun fast turning movement ADJ. quick, rapid | slow | back (also backspin), top (also topspin) She puts heavy topspin on her serve. VERB + SPIN go into He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin. | come out of | put sb/sth in(to), send sb/sth into (figurative) The president's death sent the stock market into a spin. | give sth Give the washing another spin. | impart, put on How do you put more spin on the ball? SPIN + NOUN bowler | bowling on information ADJ. positive VERB + SPIN put on The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory. SPIN + NOUN doctor government spin doctors PREP. with a ~ The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary