twist and turn
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Verb
twist and turn (third-person singular simple present twists and turns, present participle twisting and turning, simple past and past participle twisted and turned)
- (intransitive) To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
- 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
- Vardy had a hand in the opening goal. Twisting and turning on the edge of the 18-yard box, the England international was clumsily brought down by Vicente Iborra, wide on the Leicester left.
Synonyms
Translations
to move one way then the other
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