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spare tire

American

noun

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

spare tire Idioms

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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Noun Inflected Forms

spare tires

plural

Etymology

Origin of spare tire

First recorded in 1920–25

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