Call it another twist in the story of an accidental heartthrob turned self-effacing star — or simply the irony of teller and tale — but despite his discomfort with visibility, Arlaud has become one of the most outspoken left-wing voices in contemporary French cinema.

Idiom be/go round the twist (Definition of twist from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If you twist something, especially a part of your body, or if it twists, it moves into an unusual, uncomfortable, or bent position, for example because of being hit or pushed, or because you are upset.

A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc. quotations I'm all agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.

a treatment, method, idea, version, etc., esp. one differing from that which preceded: The screenwriters gave the old plot a new twist. the changing of the shape of anything by or as by turning the ends in opposite directions.

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Definition of twist noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

I don't need magic to twist you up in knots. The sound made her gut twist and her chest tighten. Twist your hip more when you hit with the left. Jessi roused herself enough to twist in his arms so she could see his face.