to spin
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7.5
- verb
- /spɪn/
- Literature
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manipular
- During the press conference, the spokesperson attempted to spin the news story to favor their party.
- spin a tale
And you could it's kind of spin it either way.
- And you could it's kind of spin it either way.
- They try to spin their their own legacy.
- It's hard to spin that as a positive.
- I'm not saying there's not, but they spin it like it's you, like it's you.
Examples
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The young authors combined colloquial English, Amharic, and Spanish to spin a tale of innuendo and mistaken identity.
Academic text (2012) -
It's hard to spin that as a positive.
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How can they spin so much content out of nothing?
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We're going to spin this.
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I just have to spin it and put it in terms they can understand.
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And no matter how you spin it this is my last time coaching some of you.
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Your job relied on your ability to keep secrets and spin the truth.
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Well, I'm sure you'll spin it to your own agenda.
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It'll be a publicity nightmare, for sure, but if we could spin it the right way...
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That's what happened, and that's how we'll spin it.
Synonyms
14
6.3
To present information in a way that favors one side
5
9.1
To try to make many people believe false or one-sided information
1
6.8
To tell a long made-up or exaggerated story
1
4.8
Make up and tell a tale, often to entertain or avoid trouble
Idioms
- Informal
4
7.0
To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information
- Informal
3
7.4
To cause someone to feel confused or overwhelmed by too much information
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
7
7.1
A person who makes news or events look better to influence people's opinions
- Informal
7
5.0
A party game where people sit in a circle and spin a bottle to kiss the person it points to
- Specialized
A technique using microwaves to study magnetic behavior of electrons in certain materials
- Baby Talk
A children's game where a plate is spun and the named player must catch it or do a silly task
- Baby Talk
A children's game in which players turn a plate on its edge and try to catch it before it falls
How Favorable
- Literature
5
9.1
- Literature
111
7.5
14
6.3
132
3.9
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1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spin meaning to shape or twist a story comes from the old action spinnan, 'to twist thread', and from the phrase 'spin a yarn' for storytelling, which makes people think of twisting facts to form a tale. So, to spin a story is to shape it so people see it as you want.