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trick of the trade

idiom

A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.


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  1. 01

    carriage trade

    Wealthy or upper-class people in general.

  2. 02

    do the trick

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

  3. 03

    Jedi mind trick

    A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.

  4. 04

    know every trick in the book

    To know all there is to be known about a certain discipline.

  5. 05

    Penny-come-quick

    [Cockney slang]a trick

    A trick of confidence which if successful made for easy money.

  6. 06

    skin trade

    The sex industry

  7. 07

    take out in trade

    To accept repayment of a debt in the goods or services in which the debtor deals, rather than in money.

  8. 08

    tools of trade

    The items and equipment that a person uses in the course and scope of their profession, trade, or occupation.

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