turn the trick

[turn the trick] {v. phr.}, {informal} To bring about the result you want; succeed in what you plan to do.

* /Jerry wanted to win both the swimming and diving contests, but he couldn't quite turn the trick./

Compare: DO THE TRICK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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