spin around
idiom
: to turn around quickly or to turn (someone or something) around quickly
He spun around and looked at me in surprise.
He grabbed her and spun her around.
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Book on a Wednesday, only travel on Tuesdays, spin around and touch your toes to get a 15 percent discount on your next booking.
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
The feathers also give the birdie a slight natural spin around its axis, and this can affect different strokes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
In scary footage of the incident, passengers are seen strapped in their seats and stranded high in the air on the windmill-style ride — which is supposed to spin around — as the attraction remains stand-still.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In this time span, the planet completes a full spin around its axis, with the sun making a circle across the sky, according to EarthSky.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
The feathers also give the birdie a slight natural spin around its axis, and this can affect different strokes.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
In scary footage of the incident, passengers are seen strapped in their seats and stranded high in the air on the windmill-style ride — which is supposed to spin around — as the attraction remains stand-still.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In this time span, the planet completes a full spin around its axis, with the sun making a circle across the sky, according to EarthSky.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spin around
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“Spin around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20around. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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