spin sth out
— phrasal verb with spin uk/spɪn/us/spɪn/verb present participle spinning, past tense spun, past participle UK also span
to make something such as an activity or story last longer than usual or necessary, or as long as possible:
Can we spin our holiday out for a few more days?
Somehow, she managed to spin her story out so that it took her the whole train journey to tell it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- stick
- string
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