- 1[transitive] wheel something (+ adv./prep.) to push or pull something that has wheels She wheeled her bicycle across the road.
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- 2[transitive] wheel somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) to move someone or something that is in or on something that has wheels The nurse wheeled him down the hallway.
- 3[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move or fly in a circle Birds wheeled above us in the sky. turn quickly
- 4[intransitive, transitive] to turn quickly or suddenly and face the opposite direction; to make someone or something do this (+ adv./prep.) She wheeled around and started running. wheel somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) He wheeled his horse back to the gate. Idioms
wheel
verbNAmE//wil//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wheel he / she / it wheels
past simple wheeled
-ing form wheeling
(usually used in the progressive tenses) to do a lot of complicated deals in business or politics, often in a dishonest way Phrasal Verbswheel out
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