spin out

1. 1.

   prolong or extend

   “spin out a visit”

   Synonymsspin

   Broaderprolong

Questions about spin out

What does spin out mean?

spin out means "prolong or extend".

What is another word for spin out?

Close synonyms include spin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spin out a common word?

spin out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.