trick : Idioms & Phrases

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bag of tricks

  • noun a supply of ways of accomplishing something
    • every good mechanic has a large bag of tricks
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card trick

  • noun a trick performed with playing cards
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confidence trick

  • noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; hustle; con.
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conjuring trick

  • noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
    magic; thaumaturgy; legerdemain; conjuring trick; trick; deception; conjuration; illusion.
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dirty trick

  • noun an unkind or aggressive trick
    dirty trick.
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dirty tricks

  • noun underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent
  • noun an unkind or aggressive trick
    dirty trick.
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hat trick

  • noun (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
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magic trick

  • noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
    magic; thaumaturgy; legerdemain; conjuring trick; trick; deception; conjuration; illusion.
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Monkey trick

  • a mischievous prank. Saintsbury.
Webster 1913

play a trick on

  • verb deceive somebody
    flim-flam; play a joke on; fox; pull a fast one on; trick; play a trick on; fob.
    • We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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play tricks

  • verb deceive somebody
    flim-flam; play a joke on; fox; pull a fast one on; trick; play a trick on; fob.
    • We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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the tricks of the trade

  • it means simply specialized knowledge, in a good or neutral sense.
Webster 1913

trick or treat

  • noun a request by children on Halloween; they pass from door to door asking for goodies and threatening to play tricks on those who refuse
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trick out

  • verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
    rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
    • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
    • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
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trick up

  • verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
    rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
    • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
    • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
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tricked-out

  • adjective satellite decorated in a particular way
    • tricked-out cupboards looking like Georgian cabinets
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turn a trick

  • verb have a customer, of a prostitute
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