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Meaning of wheel out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To employ or bring out (something predictable or perennial).
    derogatory, idiomatic, often
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wheel, out.

Examples

“They will gather their own gaylings and dykelings and Miss Things at the hem of their own caftans. They'll wheel the old queen out.”
“We need her to cover those client dinners where I get wheeled out to smile and look pretty.”
“All the old clichés were wheeled out: “Living A Lie”, “Secret Torment”, “Bizarre Lifestyle”, and so on. Oh, how they wallowed in it.”
“There were five in our party and the snow was too rough for ski-landing so the pilot wheeled out the old, fabric, two-engine biplane transport and loaded us on board.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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