Reference meaning
third wheel
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A person or thing that serves no useful purpose.
Other meanings
2. noun
A third party, usually unwanted, accompanying two people on a date.
3. noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel.
4. verb
To act as a third wheel; to accompany two people, unwanted, on a date.
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