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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If clusters of thunderstorms and lowering pressure begin to spin around a center with winds from 35 to 38 mph, the disturbance would be considered a tropical depression, according to the outlet.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Comments Bob Dylan turns 84 today, and this seems to have been a particularly good spin around the sun for the Grammy, Oscar, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Nobel Prize winner.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 May 2025
As with all the high jewelry unveilings, the biggest clients get the first spin around the year’s new pieces.
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Two internal cranes in the facility, along with a heavy-duty four-wheeled cart, moved the container to a loading dock, where it was transferred to a truck and taken for a spin around the CERN campus at Meyrin.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Comments Bob Dylan turns 84 today, and this seems to have been a particularly good spin around the sun for the Grammy, Oscar, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Nobel Prize winner.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 24 May 2025
As with all the high jewelry unveilings, the biggest clients get the first spin around the year’s new pieces.
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Two internal cranes in the facility, along with a heavy-duty four-wheeled cart, moved the container to a loading dock, where it was transferred to a truck and taken for a spin around the CERN campus at Meyrin.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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“Spin around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20around. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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