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Difference between Do the trick and Make the trick

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do the trick—

1. perform a clever or skilful action to entertain people:

  • When you do a trick, you know you’ve got it when you do it in front of all those people.

2. accomplish one’s purpose; achieve the desired result:

  • One more turn of the driver should do the trick.

make the trick—gain a point in a single round of a cardgame:

  • The play is just like other trick-taking games—the player who made the previous trick starts the next one.