Keep and Twist

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Twist is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.

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Keep is an antonym for twist in misrepresent topic.

Nearby Words: twisted, twisting, twister, twisty

good	good keep	good twist
better	better keep	better twist
original	original keep	original twist
single	single keep	single twist
Other adjectives: small, massive, big, great, huge, slight, dark, main, important, major, dramatic, extra, surprising, creepy.

mind	keep mind	twist mind
power	keep power	twist power
life	keep life	twist life
people	keep people	twist people
Other words: body, time, way, characters, world, story, head, secret, anyone, hands, powers.

More Parallel than Alternate,with just a marvelous twist to keep it in the category of he latter.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Harry Potter: For Want of a Nail
There's a twist in this game; when you fight an alternate team, they keep the levels and items from when you were last controlling them.

Source: Dueling Player Characters
Mostly the adapters choose to keep the main plot points, so the twist ending will stay, and thus there will be no twist at all.

Source: Not His Sled

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