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turn the trick

VERB
effect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
achieve bring about enact enforce implement realize
STRONG
actualize actuate begin buy cause complete conceive conclude consummate create effectuate execute follow through fulfill generate induce initiate invoke make perform procure produce render secure sell unzip yield
WEAK
bring off bring on carry through do a number do one's thing do the job do the trick do to a T draw on get across get to give rise to make it make waves pull it off put across turn out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail halt hinder lose neglect stop
STRONG
close deny destroy disallow discourage end finish forget give up ignore miss prevent refuse ruin veto
WEAK
overlook

Example Sentences

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Ryder Cup player to turn the trick was Larry Nelson in 1979.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

It wasn’t quite convincing at Ford’s, and the more intimate confines of Keegan’s stage don’t turn the trick, either.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2017

This reality is sufficiently well-known that McCulloch realized that merely claiming that the grand jury would be independent wouldn’t turn the trick.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2014

Just 21 pitchers have done it since 1900, with Settle's Felix Hernández being the last to turn the trick.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014

I'll be ready to jump on the next train and come back to Carson, bringing that two hundred with me; because I know you're going to turn the trick on the Missing Link.

From Chums of the Camp Fire by Leslie, Lawrence J.