Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do the trick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
do the trick
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

does the trick (present, singular) doing the trick (participle, present) did the trick (past) done the trick (participle, past)

Synonyms

do the job hit the mark turn the trick

Questions

What does do the trick mean?
To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.

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