DO THE TRICK meaning: Achieve the desired result effectively - OneLook

Usually means: Achieve the desired result effectively.

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General (10 matching dictionaries)

do the trick: Merriam-Webster
do the trick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
do the trick: Collins English Dictionary
do the trick: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
do the trick: Wiktionary
do the trick: Dictionary.com
Do The Trick: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
do the trick: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

do the trick: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

do the trick: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

do the trick: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (do the trick)

▸ verb: (informal, idiomatic) To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.

Similar:

turn the trick, hit the mark, cut it, work out, answer, succeed, work, fit the bill, work wonders, go for, more...

Opposite:

fail, be ineffective, not work, fall short

Phrases:

that should do the trick, more...

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Similar:

turn the trick, hit the mark, cut it, work out, answer, succeed, work, fit the bill, work wonders, go for, more...

Opposite:

fail, be ineffective, not work, fall short

Phrases:

that should do the trick, more...

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