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to spin up a meeting

to spin up a meeting

7.2
To quickly set up a meeting when a new problem needs attention
  • phrasal verb
  • Jargon
translation icon : convocar una reunión
  • We had to spin up a meeting with the engineering team after the outage occurred.

Examples

  • Let me spin up a meeting so we can align on the new priorities.

  • She offered to spin up a meeting with the client to clarify expectations.

  • Can you spin up a meeting for the project team?

  • We need to spin up a meeting to discuss the budget.

  • Let me spin up a meeting so we can align on the new priorities.

  • We had to spin up a meeting with the engineering team after the outage occurred.

  • She offered to spin up a meeting with the client to clarify expectations.

Synonyms

to fix up
vsto spin up a meeting
25 2.8

To arrange a meeting or appointment

organize quickly in response to a new need
to convoke
vsto spin up a meeting
  • Formal
1 8.1

To call people together for a formal meeting

organize quickly and informally rather than by formal summons

Antonyms

to cancel
814 1.0

To decide that a planned event will not happen

How Fast

to spin up a meeting
  • Jargon
7.2
to arrange
814 2.0
to plan
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

spin up a meeting infinitive
spinning up a meeting present participle
spins up a meeting third person singular
spun up a meeting past
spun up a meeting past participle

Morphology

spin + up + a + meeting

The meaning 'to organize/arrange quickly' depends on the phrasal verb 'spin up' where 'up' signals initiation but 'spin' undergoes a metaphorical/jargon extension (from rotate or 'spin a story' to 'start/create'). This shift and its workplace/tech connotation are not fully predictable from the basic B1 meanings of the constituents, so learners would only partially infer the meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

Spin up a meeting comes from the image of quickly starting a machine: when a computer or engine spins up it begins working fast. So to spin up a meeting means 'to start a meeting quickly' when the team needs to respond right away.