trick out
trick up
(tr, adverb) to dress up; deck out: tricked out in frilly dresses
Words Nearby trick out
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How to use trick out in a sentence
If I tried a trick out of turn, I might foozle and lose prestige.
Hearts and Masks | Harold MacGrathHe was angry because you seemed to snub him; and you made him feel his vulgarity, and so he devised this trick out of revenge.
Harper's Young People, January 25, 1881 | VariousStragglers from the age of reason are set down to trick out simpering angels.
Art | Clive BellNext morning each housewife gets up early to decorate her house and trick out herself and her children.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters | E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)Andrew shrugged his shoulders, a French trick out of harmony with his British uniform.
The Mountebank | William J. Locke
Other Idioms and Phrases with trick out
Ornament or adorn, especially ostentatiously or garishly, as in She was all tricked out in beads and fringe and what-have-you. This term uses trick in the sense of “dress up” or “decorate,” a usage dating from about 1500. [Early 1700s]
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