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turn a trick
Idioms and Phrases
Engage in sex for pay, as in A young prostitute may turn a dozen tricks in a few hours . This idiom uses trick in the sense of “a sexual act.” [ Slang ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
But “your Honor,” she recalled telling the judge in her case, “I’ve never turned a trick in my life.”
“Your honor,” she told the judge, “I’ve never turned a trick in my life.”
In one of Lopez’s signature pivots, the arch banter transitions to something darkly moving: what Leo wants is not to turn a trick but to take a shower and do laundry.
“No holidays, hell. Have you forgot it’s Lent? They ain’t turning a trick at Jenny’s.”
It takes a huge heart and person to turn a trick.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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