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trick out

British  

verb

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

    tricked out in frilly dresses

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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]


Example Sentences

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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

Warned away from the material world, we work in simulated office space, drink at simulated happy hours and trick out simulated islands in Animal Crossing.

From New York Times • May 19, 2020

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

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