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

He told Kittredge it was for the good of 'the cause,' and suggested that a wire purporting to come from Mr. McVickar would probably turn the trick.

From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis

turn the trick

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