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Collocations for spin - noun

1. fast turning movement

ADJ.

quick, rapid | slow | back (also ‘backspin’), top (also ‘topspin’)
She puts heavy topspin on her serve.

VERB + SPIN

go into
He had to stop the helicopter from going into a spin.
come out of | put sb/sth in(to), send sb/sth into
(figurative) The president''s death sent the stock market into a spin.
give sth
Give the washing another spin.
impart, put on
How do you put more spin on the ball?

SPIN + NOUN

bowler | bowling

2. on information

ADJ.

positive

VERB + SPIN

put on
The chairman tried to put a positive spin on the closure of the factory.

SPIN + NOUN

doctor
government spin doctors

PREP.

with a ~
The film retells the famous legend with a Marxist spin.

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