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spin-out
[spin-out]
noun
the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
spin out
verb
to extend or protract (a story, etc) by including superfluous detail; prolong
to spend or pass (time)
to contrive to cause (money, etc) to last as long as possible
noun
a spinning skid in a car that causes it to run off the road
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spin out1
Idioms and Phrases
Protract or prolong, as in They spun out the negotiations over a period of months . This idiom alludes to drawing out a thread by spinning. [c. 1600]
Rotate out of control, as in The car spun out and crashed into the store window . [Mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
He and his colleagues have commercialised the technology through their spin-out company LiquiGlide.
Nonetheless, the coating is available commercially through her spin-out company Seram Coatings.
The researchers are now fundraising to set up a spin-out company, with the aim of running clinical trials to test their findings in humans within the next few years.
The University launched a spin-out company Cerca Magnetics in 2020 to commercialise OPM-MEG scanners and related technologies.
CTx1000 is one of the key discoveries being championed by Celosia Therapeutics, a Macquarie University spin-out company formed in 2022 to help bring the groundbreaking work of the University's neuroscientists from the lab to patients.
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