Service
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
How words are described
| good | good service | good trick |
| particular | particular service | particular trick |
| similar | similar service | similar trick |
| certain | certain service | certain trick |
| Other adjectives: standard, single, actual, real, big, great, main, personal, new, useful, final, basic, last, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A State Farm commercial advertising its "Discount Double Check" service showed an old man playing this trick on his grandson.
Source: What Have We Ear? -
Complete with the actual former spy who is also tied up with him remarking that they never taught that particular trick ("kiss the girl, get the key") when he was in the service.
Source: Sleight of Tongue - He's about to pull the 'I'm leaving the country and you'll never see me again' trick when Beckett arrests his driver for double-parking, which enables her to both detain him and search his car (which is from a car service, not a diplomatic service, and as such isn't covered under the immunity).
Source: Diplomatic Impunity
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