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do the trick

verb as in dispose of

verb as in take

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Our culture expects us to, after a relatively short period, just get over it, as if a few nights out on the town will do the trick.

Merely asking it to be “creative” or show us something more “adventurous” isn’t going to do the trick.

From Salon

So, instead of hoping poison will do the trick, the solution could come down to something far more straightforward.

From BBC

It doesn't have to be anything too time consuming or high pressured - a simple walk, jog or any activity you enjoy will do the trick.

From BBC

As a writer myself, I don’t know if Shakespeare could rouse me from a coma — maybe, I don’t know, Anne Rice could do the trick for me there.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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