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twist something around someone or something

to wrap something around someone or something. Max twisted the wire around Lefty, and totally immobilized him. I twisted the rope around the post and tied a knot.

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The poll of 1,000 youngsters revealed that mothers are seen as the easier parent to twist around their little fingers, cadge extra pocket money from, and are less likely to read them the riot act if they are caught misbehaving. SOFT TOUCH MUM by The Mirror (London, England) When working on the side nearest to you, either lean down and push up with your hands, or twist around to pull up with your hands. Abdominal Massage - Side Stroking by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community Owen cites two possible theoretical explanations of why two of the jets twist around each other. Two centers yoked together in one galaxy by Thomsen, Dietrick E. / Science News			turn up like a bad penny turn up the heat turn up toes turn upside down turn water off turn your stomach Turnabout is fair play turned off turning turning point turnip tussle with tweak off twelve good men and true twice twiddle twiddle thumbs twiddle with twilight twilight years twine around twinkle twinkle with twist twist arm twist around twist around little finger twist in the wind twist into twist of fate twist off twist out of twist the knife twist up twist words twixt two two can play at that game Two can play this game Two heads are better than one two hoops and a holler Two is company, three's a crowd two jumps ahead of two of a kind two peas in a pod two shakes of a lamb's tail two sides of the same coin two strikes against Two wrongs do not make a right two's company two-bit			TWIS TWIS TWIS Twisdale Scale Twisdale Tornado Scale Twisday Twisday TWISFER twishing TWISI TWISM Twisp twist twist twist twist twist twist twist twist (someone's) arm twist (someone's) arm twist (someone's) arm twist (someone's) arm twist about or around twist and turn twist arm twist arm twist arm twist arm twist arm twist around twist around little finger twist around little finger twist bit twist boundary twist disease twist drill twist drill twist drill twist drill twist drills twist drills twist drills Twist Grain Boundary A twist grip twist in the wind twist into twist knot Twist Lock Collar Assembly Twist Monitoring System Twist Of Fate twist of rifling Twist of the Wrist twist off twist off twist off twist off twist off twist out twist out of twist round

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