spin wheels
Make no progress
To spin wheels is to expend effort without making progress, like a car whose tires rotate uselessly on ice.
The image is of motion without traction—activity that goes nowhere: We've been spinning our wheels on this project for months.
Sometimes appears as spin one's wheels.
- tiresRubber wheel coverings
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- burning rubberTires spinning, smoking, screeching
- tractionAdhesive friction enabling movement
- peel outRapid tire-spinning departure
burnout · skid · tire smoke · rotation · axle · revving · stuck · mud · momentum · roulette · casino · gambling · fortune · hamster · cycle · motion · idle · rat race
spin wheelsmake progress
Move toward completion
gain ground · move forward · advance · make headway · break through
spin wheelsoptimize
Make maximally effective
cut to the chase · get to the point · deliver · streamline · fire on all cylinders
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