take for a spin
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Idiomatic To test or try out something, especially an automobile.
- I kicked the tires and then the salesperson invited me to take the car for a spin.
- Well, not him exactly, but his car (a Bentley), his vacation homes (Monte Carlo and Corfu), his credit card (a black AmEx that he let her take for a spin on Rodeo Drive every weekend), […]2009, J. Courtney Sullivan, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man, Hachette, →ISBN:
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- Set up desktops, laptops, iPads, and all of your devices with new tools, apps, eBooks, and programs for patrons to take for a spin.2013, Linda D. Behen, Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology: Connect with Today's Teens, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 31:
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Idiomatic, Of a person To take, as a companion, for a drive in a motor vehicle.
- On Sunday, I took my family for a spin through the surrounding countryside.
- Prince William takes new wife for a spin in father's Aston Martin [title]2011 April 30, Stephen Bates, “Prince William takes new wife for a spin in father's Aston Martin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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- ‘You couldn’t find a small area with more cycling history or more hospitality.’ Ahead of tomorrow’s big race, Wiggo takes us for a spin around his favourite hills, cafes and villages[.]2019 April 6, Philip Malcolm, “Bradley Wiggins’ tour of Flanders”, in The Guardian, →ISSN: