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every trick in the book

every trick in the book noun: all possible knowledge of a subject matter.

Noun

every trick in the book

  1. All possible knowledge of a subject matter.
    • He was always one step ahead of me, as he seems to know every trick in the book.
  2. All possible means, both honest and dishonest.
    • The solicitor tried every trick in the book to get me to sign the contract, but I wasn't having any of it!
    • "Eurostar was running one train a day, so we had a massive revenue shock, and what was very real for us was the whole of our cashflow model changed. We didn't have the revenue, so we to pull every liquidity method and trick in the book to survive. You didn't have to do that on the rest of the...2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 44

Questions about every trick in the book

What does every trick in the book mean?
Every trick in the book means all possible knowledge of a subject matter.
What part of speech is every trick in the book?
Every trick in the book is a noun.

Words near every trick in the book in the dictionary

  1. every stick has two ends
  2. every thing
  3. every time
  4. every time one farts
  5. every time one turns around
  6. every trick in the book
  7. every way to Sunday
  8. every where
  9. every which way
  10. every which where
  11. every woman for herself

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