wheel about

wheel about
1. transitive verb
herumdrehen; wenden [Pferd]
2. intransitive verb
kehrtmachen; (face the other way) sich umdrehen
* * *
wheel about, wheel around
A v/i
1. sich (rasch) umdrehen oder umwenden
2. fig umschwenken
B v/t herumdrehen
* * *
1. transitive verb
herumdrehen; wenden [Pferd]
2. intransitive verb
kehrtmachen; (face the other way) sich umdrehen

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