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spare tire

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noun

a tire used or kept available as an emergency replacement on a vehicle.
Informal. excess fat around the waistline.

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Origin of spare tire

First recorded in 1920–25
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Idioms and Phrases with spare tire

spare tire

Fat around one's middle, as in He's determined to lose ten pounds and that spare tire he's acquired. This expression transfers the term for an extra tire carried in cars in case of a flat tire to excess fat around the waist. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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