turn a trick
To perform a sexual service for a customer.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“She was out on the street trying to turn a trick.”
“The police patrolled the area because they knew that many people came there to turn a trick.”
“The detective observed the shadows, suspecting that the individual waiting in the alleyway intended to turn a trick.”
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bag of tricks
A set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.
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Buggins's turn
A humorous, disparaging term for the appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification.
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do the trick
To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.
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everything one touches turns to gold
Everything someone uses or does succeeds or becomes better.
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everything one touches turns to shit
Everything someone uses or does fails or becomes worse.
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good turn
A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.
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how's tricks
Informal greeting roughly equivalent to How are you? or How's it going?
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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.
Last updated August 10, 2026