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serve someone a trick

serve someone a trick verb: to play a trick on someone.

Verb

serve someone a trick (third-person singular simple present serves someone a trick, present participle serving someone a trick, simple past and past participle served someone a trick)

  1. To play a trick on someone.

Forms of serve someone a trick

third-person singular presentserves someone a trick
present participleserving someone a trick
past participleserved someone a trick
pastserved someone a trick

Origin of serve someone a trick

See serve (“to treat someone in a given manner”).

Questions about serve someone a trick

What does serve someone a trick mean?
Serve someone a trick means to play a trick on someone.
What part of speech is serve someone a trick?
Serve someone a trick is a verb.
What is the past tense of serve someone a trick?
The past tense of serve someone a trick is served someone a trick.

Words near serve someone a trick in the dictionary

  1. serve and volley
  2. serve cunt
  3. serve notice
  4. serve one's time
  5. serve out
  6. serve someone a trick
  7. serve someone right
  8. serve someone the same sauce
  9. serve someone with the same sauce
  10. serve the time
  11. serve the turn

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