turn the trick en · VERB
Meanings
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Synonym of do the trick (“to work, to be sufficient or adequate”).
As it looked to him, another six months at sea should turn the trick financially. At least it would give him a good interest in the plantation.
1959, Garland Roark, Tales of the Caribbean, page 140:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| turns the trick | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| turning the trick | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| turned the trick | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| turned the trick | Tense=Past | lexicographic |