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wheel Theme: DRIVING tr. & in. to drive a car.I'm gonna wheel over later this afternoon.Let's wheel my heap over to Marty's place.
wheel 1. noun 1 a leader; an important person US, 1933. 2 a mid-level employee in an illegal lottery US, 1978. 3 the game of roulette US, 1993. 4 a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK, 2003. 5 in a carnival, any ride that is in the form of a wheel US, 1960. 6 a life prison sentence US, 1991. 7 in lowball poker, the lowest possible straight (five to ace) US, 1981. 8 the ankle US, 1986 2. verb 1 to travel; to drive US, 1721. 2 (used of a racehorse) to turn around suddenly US, 1968
idiomwheel► a big cheese/wheelthe fifth/third wheel AmEAmEWith someone who is with a group of people, even though the group does not want them or they do not feel comfortable with them:"Are you joining us for drinks?" "No, thanks - I'd just be the fifth wheel."It was always the four of them, and then there was me. You know how it feels to be the third wheel.reinvent the wheelto work on something that you think is new and different, but that already exists, or has already been done by someone else:I have given quite a lot of quotations in my essay, in the belief that, if another writer has made a point well, there is no point struggling to reinvent the wheel.With so many different groups working on new software, there is a real danger of reinventing the wheel.the squeaky wheel (gets the grease) AmEAmEComplain used in order to say that the person who complains the most is the one who gets what they want:Pinot was the squeaky wheel in the department who got the money for developing his programs.When I complained about my boss's behavior, the squeaky wheel got replaced!wheel and dealto do a lot of clever things that are sometimes slightly dishonest in order to get what you want in business or politics:The chairman has made the money available and Dalglish will have to wheel and deal to get the players he wants. She suddenly realized that Luke was behind all this, wheeling and dealing, playing God.wheeling and dealing: You wouldn't believe the wheeling and dealing that's going on to get the film started.wheeler-dealer: I think Dave's parents know he's a bit of a wheeler-dealer, but they're not going to report him to the police, are they?the wheel has come/turned full circleused in order to say that something that has been going through a period of change has now come back to the state or situation it was in at the beginning:The wheel has come full circle since the expansion of the 60s; now universities are facing cuts in funding and pressure to be more businesslike.As I waved goodbye I was aware that the wheel had turned full circle - she was the first person I met when I joined the school, and the last person I saw as I left it. phrasewheel[wheeled, wheeled, wheeling] wheel around wheel around/round to turn around suddenly, especially because you are angry or surprised: Hearing a voice behind him, Henry wheeled around, his sword in his hand Unable to ignore this insult, Elinor wheeled round in fury to face his rival■ SIMILAR TO: swing around, whip around wheel out 1. wheel out sth/sb • wheel sth/sb out to use someone or something to support your opinion or in order to persuade people that you are right: A number of scientific experts were wheeled out to support the government's assurances about the safety of nuclear power.wheel out the big guns (=show the most important people that are available, to help you achieve something) The Tories are wheeling out the big guns to help their campaign.2. wheel out sth/sb • wheel sth/sb out to use the same things or people that you have often used before, in a way that is boring: Christmas television is so tedious - they wheel out the same old films year after year. wheel round ► see wheel around
wheel tv. & in. to drive a car. Let’s wheel my heap over to Marty’s place. See:- (as) silly as a wheel
- a big cheese/wheel
- a big wheel
- a cog in the machine
- a cog in the machine/wheel
- a cog in the wheel
- a fifth wheel
- a fifth/third wheel
- a fly on the wheel
- a small cog in a large wheel
- asleep at the switch
- asleep at the wheel
- at the wheel
- at/behind the wheel
- balance wheel
- be asleep at the wheel
- be at the wheel
- be breaking a butterfly on a wheel
- be hell on wheels
- be sleeping at the wheel
- behind the wheel
- big cheese
- big wheel
- break a butterfly on a wheel
- cog in the wheel
- cog in the wheel or machine
- die behind the wheel
- fall asleep at the wheel
- fifth wheel
- four wheels
- German wheel
- grease the wheels
- have (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- have shoulder to the wheel
- hell on wheels
- hell-on-wheels
- if frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts
- keep (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- kick the wheels
- Meals on Wheels
- oil the wheels
- on wheels
- put (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- put a spoke in (one's) wheel
- put a spoke in somebody's wheel
- put a spoke in someone's wheel
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put shoulder to the wheel
- put the wheels in motion
- put your shoulder to the wheel
- reinvent the wheel
- reinvent the wheel, to
- set (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- set in motion
- set of wheels
- set the wheels in motion
- shoulder to the wheel, to put/set one's
- silly as a wheel
- spin (one's) wheels
- spin one’s wheels
- spin one's wheels
- spin wheels
- spin your wheels
- squeaking wheel gets the oil
- squeaky wheel gets the grease
- squeaky wheel gets the grease, the
- take the wheel
- the squeaking wheel gets the grease
- the squeaking wheel gets the oil
- the squeaky wheel gets the grease
- the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oil
- the squeaky wheel gets the oil
- the wheel has come full circle
- the wheel has come/turned full circle
- the wheel has turned full circle
- the wheel of fortune
- the wheels are in motion
- the wheels are turning
- the wheels come off
- the wheels fell off
- the wheels turn
- third wheel
- wheel
- wheel and deal
- wheel and deal, to
- wheel around
- wheel away
- wheel estate
- wheel into
- wheel man
- wheel of fortune, the
- wheel off
- wheel out
- wheel out of
- wheel within a wheel
- wheels
- wheels in motion
- wheels within wheels
- Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
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