- turn the trick
- phrasal to bring about the desired result or effect
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
turn the trick
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turn the trick — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bring about the result you want; succeed in what you plan to do. * /Jerry wanted to win both the swimming and diving contests, but he couldn t quite turn the trick./ Compare: DO THE TRICK … Dictionary of American idioms
turn the trick — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bring about the result you want; succeed in what you plan to do. * /Jerry wanted to win both the swimming and diving contests, but he couldn t quite turn the trick./ Compare: DO THE TRICK … Dictionary of American idioms
turn the trick — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, attain, bring off, bring through, carry off, compass, consummate, crown with success, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do the job, do the trick, effect, effectuate, enact, execute,… … Moby Thesaurus
turn a trick — verb To perform a sexual service for a customer. City prostitutes say laws governing the sex trade are putting them in danger every time they turn a trick. See Also: turn tricks … Wiktionary
do the trick — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bring success in doing something; have a desired result. * /Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick./ * /The car wheels slipped on the ice, so Tom put sand under them, which did the… … Dictionary of American idioms
do the trick — {v. phr.}, {informal} To bring success in doing something; have a desired result. * /Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick./ * /The car wheels slipped on the ice, so Tom put sand under them, which did the… … Dictionary of American idioms
do the trick — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, advance, advantage, answer, attain, avail, be handy, be of use, be right, befit, befitting, benefit, bestead, bring off, bring through, carry off, compass, consummate, crown with success, deal with … Moby Thesaurus
trick — tricker, n. trickingly, adv. /trik/, n. 1. a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile. 2. an optical illusion: It must have been some visual trick caused by the flickering… … Universalium
trick — Synonyms and related words: ability, accomplishment, ace, action, ad hoc measure, affectation, airy nothing, alibi, anchor watch, answer, antic, apology, aroma, art, artful dodge, artifice, attribute, autism, automatism, bad habit, badge, bag of… … Moby Thesaurus
trick — See: DO THE TRICK, TURN THE TRICK … Dictionary of American idioms
