spin-out

Or spin·out

[spin-out]

noun

1. the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.

spin out

verb

1. to extend or protract (a story, etc) by including superfluous detail; prolong

2. to spend or pass (time)

3. to contrive to cause (money, etc) to last as long as possible

noun

1. a spinning skid in a car that causes it to run off the road

Word History and Origins

Origin of spin-out¹

First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase spin out

Idioms and Phrases

Protract or prolong, as in They spun out the negotiations over a period of months . This idiom alludes to drawing out a thread by spinning. [c. 1600]

Rotate out of control, as in The car spun out and crashed into the store window . [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

He and his colleagues have commercialised the technology through their spin-out company LiquiGlide.

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Nonetheless, the coating is available commercially through her spin-out company Seram Coatings.

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The researchers are now fundraising to set up a spin-out company, with the aim of running clinical trials to test their findings in humans within the next few years.

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The University launched a spin-out company Cerca Magnetics in 2020 to commercialise OPM-MEG scanners and related technologies.

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CTx1000 is one of the key discoveries being championed by Celosia Therapeutics, a Macquarie University spin-out company formed in 2022 to help bring the groundbreaking work of the University's neuroscientists from the lab to patients.

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