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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 .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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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