spin

/spɪn/ verb [I, T] (present participle spinning, past tense and past participle spun)

Definition

TURN › If something spins or you spin something, it turns around and around quickly: The car spun across the road.

MAKE THREAD › to make thread by twisting together cotton, wool, etc

(Definition of spin verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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