"twist of the knife" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "See twist the knife.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twists of the knife",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "twists of the knife"
      },
      "expansion": "twist of the knife (plural twists of the knife)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "But Mr. Christie had instructed the audience to listen for what he dismissively called the “memorized 25-second speech,” adding, with a twist of the knife, that it was “exactly what his advisers gave him.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger."
      ],
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        [
          "worsen",
          "worsen"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ],
        [
          "irritation",
          "irritation"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, figuratively) An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "See twist the knife.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "twists of the knife",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "twists of the knife"
      },
      "expansion": "twist of the knife (plural twists of the knife)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 7, Michael Barbaro, “Once Impervious, Marco Rubio Is Diminished by a Caustic Chris Christie”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "But Mr. Christie had instructed the audience to listen for what he dismissively called the “memorized 25-second speech,” adding, with a twist of the knife, that it was “exactly what his advisers gave him.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger."
      ],
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        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "worsen",
          "worsen"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "distress",
          "distress"
        ],
        [
          "irritation",
          "irritation"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, figuratively) An action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
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}