Usually means: Tell an imaginative or long story.
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  1. spin a yarn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. spin a yarn: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spin a yarn: Wiktionary

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  1. spin a yarn: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (spin a yarn)

verb:  (idiomatic) To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched.

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