turn a trick

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

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.

From The New Yorker

It takes a huge heart and person to turn a trick.

From MSNBC

She cooks, she cleans, she eats with her teenage son, and she occasionally turns a trick or two.

From Seattle Times

It was the look of a man who turns a trick in an important game.

From Project Gutenberg

Any fellow who could turn a trick like that, and who has so much clean-cut courage, must be worth looking after.

From Project Gutenberg