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noun on a bicicyle, car, etc. ADJ. bicycle, car, etc. | spare | front | back, rear | nearside | offside | loose, wobbly | alloy WHEEL + VERB change, replace A tyre blew and we had to change the wheel. WHEEL + VERB go round, spin, turn The wheels were still going round. (figurative) The political wheel had turned full circle, and he was back in power. | skid, slide, slip He braked suddenly, causing the front wheels to skid. | crunch, scream, shriek the sound of wheels crunching over snow | come off, fall off | lock She braked too hard and the wheels locked. WHEEL + NOUN arch, base, bearings, hub, nut, rim, trim | clamp PREP. on ~s A child was pulling along a little dog on wheels. | under the ~s She fell under the wheels of a bus. (also steering wheel) VERB + WHEEL grip | turn | take I drove the first 200 miles and then Steve took the wheel. WHEEL + NOUN lock PREP. at the ~ The bus set off again with a fresh driver at the wheel. | behind the ~ I saw the car drive past, but didn't recognize the woman behind the wheel.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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wheel
adjectives
the front wheel
• Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.
the back/rear wheel
• The rear wheels of the bus got stuck in a creek.
verbs
a wheel turns/goes around
• The wheels went slowly around.
a wheel spins
(= turns around quickly, when the vehicle is not going along )
• The rear wheels spun in the sand.
phrases
the spokes of a wheel
(= the thin metal bars that connect the outer ring of a wheel to the centre, especially on a bicycle wheel )
transnet.ir
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wheel sth out
[ M ] disapproving
to use something or someone that you have used many times before in a way that is boring for other people
• Every time we have this argument you wheel out the same old statistics, and I'm still not convinced!
• Year after year they wheel out the same third-rate celebrities to entertain us.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with WHEEL, Also see ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH (WHEEL); AT THE WHEEL; BIG CHEESE (WHEEL); COG IN THE WHEEL; FIFTH WHEEL; GREASE (OIL) THE WHEELS; HELL ON WHEELS; PUT ONE'S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL; REINVENT THE WHEEL; SET (WHEELS) IN MOTION; SPIN ONE'S WHEELS; SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE.
American Heritage Idioms