do the trick

do the trick
do the trick
to do exactly what is needed. •

This new paint scraper really does the trick.

Is this envelope large enough to do the trick?

* * *
{v. phr.}, {informal} To bring success in doing something; have a desired result. * /Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick./ * /The car wheels slipped on the ice, so Tom put sand under them, which did the trick./ Compare: TURN THE TRICK.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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