Idiom
spin one's wheels
Meaning
To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Without a clear goal, you're just spinning your wheels.”
“The team spent three months on the project before realizing they had been spinning their wheels the whole time.”
“For years he remained in the same dead-end position, spinning his wheels while his peers advanced steadily around him.”
Examples
simple
“Without a clear goal, you're just spinning your wheels.”
contextual
“The team spent three months on the project before realizing they had been spinning their wheels the whole time.”
complex
“For years he remained in the same dead-end position, spinning his wheels while his peers advanced steadily around him.”
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