wheel back
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wheel back
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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He said he’s lived on this street so long he wouldn’t know where else to go; he’d be like a homing pigeon, throw him in the sky and he’d wheel back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025
He was stronger than many too, making it easy to fling a 40-pound wheel back to the pit wall.
From Washington Times • May 6, 2023
Certainly, he could have said instead, “I spun the wheel back and forth.”
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
She jerks the steering wheel back and forth in a futile attempt to limit the impact of crater-size potholes on the single-track logging road.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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