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spin out

[spin-out] / ˈspɪnˌaʊt /
VERB
drag on/drag out
Synonyms
WEAK
continue draw out endure extend go on slowly keep going lengthen persist prolong protract stretch out
Antonyms
WEAK
complete
VERB
drag out
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drag on draw out prolong
WEAK
continue endure extend keep going lengthen persist protract stretch out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
shorten
WEAK
accelerate expedite quicken speed up
VERB
draw out
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drag out elongate protract
WEAK
attract continue drag extend lead on lengthen make longer prolongate pull spin stretch string out tug
Antonyms
STRONGEST
shorten
WEAK
clip
VERB
elongate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
draw out lengthen
STRONG
draw extend fill pad prolong protract stretch
WEAK
drag one's feet drag out let out prolongate put rubber in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
shorten
STRONG
abbreviate curtail
WEAK
constrict contract
VERB
extend
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boost broaden continue develop enhance enlarge expand go on increase last lengthen open prolong spread stretch take widen
STRONG
aggrandize amplify augment crane dilate draw elongate heighten magnify mantle multiply pad protract stall supplement unfold unfurl unroll
WEAK
add to beef up carry on drag one's feet drag out draw out fan out let out prolongate run on spread out string out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abbreviate abridge cease close compress decrease diminish discontinue end finish halt hide hinder lessen lose lower narrow reduce restrict shorten shrink stop
STRONG
constrict contract curtail degrade
WEAK
condense cut hold keep maintain take back
VERB
lengthen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
augment elongate expand prolong
STRONG
amplify continue dilate distend draw increase pad proceed protract reach stretch
WEAK
drag out draw out let out make longer prolongate string out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abbreviate contract shorten
STRONG
cease compress curtail decrease halt lessen lose reduce stop
WEAK
cut
VERB
prolong
Synonyms
STRONGEST
continue delay drag out lengthen perpetuate protract stall
STRONG
hold increase pad stretch
WEAK
carry on drag one's feet hold up let it ride make longer stretch out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abbreviate advance cease expedite further halt shorten stop
VERB
prolongate
Synonyms
WEAK
amplify augment continue dilate distend drag out draw draw out elongate expand extend increase let out make longer pad proceed prolong protract reach spin stretch string out
VERB
protract
Synonyms
STRONGEST
prolong put off
STRONG
continue cool defer delay draw elongate lengthen pad postpone procrastinate stall stretch
WEAK
drag on drag out hold off hold up keep going prolongate put on hold stretch out
Antonyms
STRONG
advance complete do expedite finish forward further hasten hurry shorten
WEAK
abbreviate curtail
VERB
stretch
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cover develop draw expand fill go grow lengthen open pull reach run span spread strain swell unfold widen
STRONG
amplify bridge crane distend inflate magnify make overlap pad prolong protract pyramid rack range recline repose tauten tighten unroll
WEAK
branch out burst forth drag out draw out lie out make taut make tense prolongate pull out shoot up spread out spring up string out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abbreviate block cease close compress conceal concentrate contract decrease end exclude halt lessen narrow shorten shrink stop
STRONG
curtail deflate

Example Sentences

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“Lastly, we believe that the recently announced spin-out of FedEx Freight into a standalone company should serve as a value-unlocking event and will put more scrutiny on the operations of the Freight segment,” they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

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.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

A UCL spin-out, AtoCap, is currently developing ways to deliver drugs inside cells to target pathogens hiding there.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

On my mark it is T minus thirty minutes to spin-out check.

From Where I Wasn't Going by Richmond, Walt

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.