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spiralspiral2 verb (spiraled also spiralled, spiraling also spiralling) [intransitive] VERB TABLEspiral |
| Present | I, you, we, they | spiral | | he, she, it | spirals | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | spiraled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have spiraled | | he, she, it | has spiraled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had spiraled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spiral | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have spiraled |
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| Present | I | am spiraling | | he, she, it | is spiraling | | you, we, they | are spiraling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was spiraling | | you, we, they | were spiraling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spiraling | | he, she, it | has been spiraling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spiraling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spiraling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spiraling |
► spiraled out of control The controversy has spiraled out of control. 1[always + adv./prep.] to move in the shape of a spiral: spiral to/around/up/down etc. Yellow smoke spiraled upward.2if a situation spirals, it gets worse, more violent, etc. in a way that cannot be controlled: The controversy has spiraled out of control.3if debt or the cost of something spirals, it increases quickly in a way that cannot be controlled—spiraling adjective: the spiraling cost of health care |