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trick out

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to dress up; deck out

    tricked out in frilly dresses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

trick out Idioms  
  1. 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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Tranter, who identifies as gender-nonconforming and uses they/them pronouns, co-wrote 30 original tunes that trick out the era’s signature styles with modern production touches and clever lyrical asides.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Later that week, I decided I wouldn't wait for a gathering to try this cleaning trick out for myself.

From Salon • May 11, 2022

A big fan of White, Hirano trotted the trick out at White’s “retirement party.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

There’s also real estate and the mansion the two lavishly labored to trick out in Calabasas, California, along with their two Wyoming ranches.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2021

Had McNaughton used some trick out of a spy novel, like laying a strand of hair over the binder—a strand that would remain in place only so long as the binder was not touched?

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin