Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To undo, as something that has been spun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To untwist, as something spun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
untwist (something spun).
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's nothing to be done except, if it really bothers you, every once in a while, hold your knitting up by the yarn and let the yarn "unspin" itself.
I have a question about twining. Angry Professor 2008
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Having to constantly unspin Greg's spin on stories makes me dizzy.
Garin: Our Polling Shows "Gas Tax Holiday" Is Helping Hillary Politically 2009
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Try to unspin the spin by looking at the actual findings.
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Now, I would imagine that the media will have to unspin itself to let a little more reality into the "analysis".
Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks 2009
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Had this view pointed my way and had to unspin his spin.
Paul Flynn on the Damien McPoison/Dolly Draper saga. FIDO The Dog 2009
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This can be extraordinarily frustrating for members of a nonviolent pro-democracy struggle, who, in addition to everything else, find themselves in the midst of an uprising having to try to unspin erroneous media coverage coming from all directions.
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Try to unspin the spin by looking at the actual findings.
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So here's an attempt to unspin the metaphor: Those who rule the ranch installed G.W. Bush to serve as dynastic leader.
BUSH AIN'T NO "COWBOY": Why the Wrong Word Promotes Extreme Inequality 2008
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I may have been doing it wrong, but I didn't have my twined yarn unspin.
I have a question about twining. Angry Professor 2008
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PAT REGNIER, SENIOR EDITOR, "MONEY" MAGAZINE: Let's unspin it and say what it is.
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