spin around

spin around

1. To turn rapidly around in the opposite direction. I spun around when I though I heard my name. The police car spun around and turned on its siren to begin pursuing the van that ran the red light.
2. To cause someone or something to turn rapidly around in the opposite direction. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spin" and "around." She had to spin the motorboat around and started heading back to shore. I had to spin the toddler around to keep him from walking down the steps.
3. To turn around in circles very rapidly. The child spun around and collapsed on the ground laughing from her dizziness. The car began spinning around in the parking lot, leaving circles of tire tracks on the pavement.
4. To cause someone or something to turn around in circles very rapidly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "spin" and "around." I'll put this blindfold on you and spin you around, and then you try to hit the piñata with this stick. He spun the dial around until the tumblers of the lock clicked into place.
5. To visit some place for a brief period of time or for a particular purpose. I need to spin around the office to pick up some paperwork. Why don't you spin around on Saturday for dinner?
See also: around, spin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

spin around

 
1. to turn around to face a different direction. Jill spun around to face her accuser. Todd spun around in his chair so he could see who was talking to him.
2. to rotate, possibly a number of times. The propellers spun around and soon the old plane began to taxi down the runway. The merry-go-round spun around at a moderate speed.
See also: around, spin
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cut around
  • cut around (something)
  • go around and around
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
  • find way around
  • around (one's) ears
  • bomb around
  • gaze around
  • around and around
References in periodicals archive
Example: For one job, where the client's bedroom and den were back-to-back, Sullivan designed a wall to spin around between both rooms.
How do you manage to spin around without getting dizzy?
Centre for Life, Newcastle Always a popular draw with wannabe Torvill and Deans of all ages, the rink is open for a good while yet if you haven't already taken a spin around it.
She says: "We planned out this thing where we were going to spin around and over to her and go, 'Please dance with us'.
Hanagan was back aboard this recent Newbury winner who impressed in his spin around the bend and may head for a Derby trial next.
WORLD Speedway legend Barry Briggs took a spin around Coundon Road before Coventry's big win over Birmingham & Solihull on Saturday.
The nurse made me take off my shirt, put my hands down by my side, bend over and spin around. "It's OK.
Aidan O'Brien's Breeders' Cup team, headed by Galileo, will have a spin around Southwell on Wednesday in preparation for the meeting at Belmont Park next month.
From rabble-rousing to poignancy, there's nothing that Placebo won't spin around on its latest release
The nebula's outer rim continued to spin around the sun (3).
If a thunderstorm is brewing at the same time, updrafts and downdrafts can tilt the rolling winds so that they spin around a vertical axis, setting a broad region of the storm slowly rotating.
And he's taking the car for a spin around Knockhill Racing Circuit to help kick off the Fife race track's Days of Thunder meeting with a bang.
PAUL HENNESSY hopes to give his team of williamhill.com English Derby challengers a spin around Wimbledon in the coming days.
SIMPLE MINDS After a triumphant spin around Britain reminding us all what a classic album their New Gold Dream was, Simple Minds get back to basics.
PC Quinn picked up Jean on his Honda 1,100cc machine for a 20-minute spin around Nuneaton and the A5.