PRESTO CHANGO Definition & Meaning

presto chango

[ cheyn-joh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).

noun

a change occurring suddenly and as if by magic:
There is always an element of presto chango in international relations.

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Origin of presto chango¹

Rhyming alteration of change

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He was, in other words, one of the countless lovely assistants who helped pull off the least probable presto chango of our time.

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Clark Kent, played by Christopher Reeve, had trouble finding a presto chango place.

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Someone announces she’s pregnant, and presto chango: There are her half-grown kids at the dining table, bickering over who gets to use the car.

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The team behind "Now You See Me 2," in theaters June 10, is aiming to recapture the magic of the original 2013 film — the story of a group of illusionists called the Four Horsemen who use their presto chango skills to pull off a series of Robin Hood-style heists — which grossed $352 million worldwide.

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As Spike Lee said on Tuesday, its 6,000-plus membership can’t be changed “hocus pocus, presto chango” overnight.

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