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did the trick

did the trick is the simple past of do the trick.

Meaning of do the trick

Verb

do the trick (third-person singular simple present does the trick, present participle doing the trick, simple past did the trick, past participle done the trick)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.
    • [J]ust that little extra second did the trick.1885, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 3, in King Solomon's Mines

Questions about did the trick

What is did the trick the simple past of?
Did the trick is the simple past of do the trick.

Words near did the trick in the dictionary

  1. did the needful
  2. did the power of good
  3. did the right thing
  4. did the rounds
  5. did the talking
  6. did the trick
  7. did the washing up
  8. did the washing-up
  9. did time
  10. did tricks on it
  11. did unto others

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