Dic: do the trick

■ do the trick: informal. to produce the right or desired result

■ If something does the trick, it achieves what you wanted. (INFORMAL)

• Sometimes a few choice words will do the trick.

■ do the trick: (spoken) if something does the trick, it solves a problem or provides what is needed to get a good result

• A bit more flour should do the trick.

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