entwine around

entwine around (someone or something)

1. To wrap around someone or something. We need to cut back these vines that have entwined around our gutters.
2. To wrap something around someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "entwine" and "around." My heart fluttered when my date entwined his fingers around mine.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

entwine something around someone or something

to weave or wind something around someone or something. They entwined their arms around each other. Jack entwined the garland of flowers around Jill.
See also: around, entwine

entwine around someone or something

to weave or wind around someone or something. The snake entwined around the limb of the tree. The huge python entwined around the horrified farmer.
See also: around, entwine
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • entwine
  • entwine around (someone or something)
  • cluster
  • cluster around
  • cluster around (someone or something)
  • carry (someone or something) about
  • carry about
  • carry around
  • forage
  • forage around for (something)
References in periodicals archive
And delicate crystal droplets entwine around the Christmas tree,
Just Another London Christmas
But the events of this single day entwine around Ma Taffy's family as conflicts between religious prejudice, social hierarchy and the oppression of the poor by 'Babylon' build to a head.
REVIEWS
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The Snow Queen herself appears cloaked in them, a prince and princess entwine around them in an acrobatic display, while the heroine is almost engulfed by them.
Review: THE SNOW QUEEN, Liverpool Playhouse