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do the trick
Idioms and Phrases
Also, turn the trick . Bring about a desired result, succeed. For example, One more turn with the wrench should do the trick , or Bill wanted to finish all the errands in one day but he couldn't quite turn the trick . The first expression dates from the early 1800s; the variant, from the first half of the 1900s; should not be confused with turn a trick .Example Sentences
Rick von Hagn, who has spent the last few years experimenting with N. intermedia at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, says the taste and texture of this ancient way of cooking may do the trick on its own.
Ignoring the issue until a few months before election time wasn’t going to do the trick.
And if a late-October triple shot of racism, Jeffrey Epstein, and Hitler stuff doesn’t do the trick, what else even could?
If that doesn’t do the trick, the council can take enforcement action.
He tried to use Euler’s circles to illustrate Boole’s algebra of truth-values, but Euler’s representational system would not quite do the trick.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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