spin out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ spin )
1 . spin something ↔ out British English to make something continue for longer than is necessary SYN drag out :
I’m paid by the hour, so I spin the work out as long as I can.
2 . spin something ↔ out British English to use money, food etc as carefully and slowly as possible, because you do not have very much of it
spin something ↔ out over
I’ve only got £10 left, so we’ll have to spin it out over the whole week.
3 . American English if a car spins out, the driver loses control of it and the car spins around