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It serves the trick

Posted: June 1, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , |Leave a comment

The speaker was assessing the suitability of some household item for another purpose.  This is a congruent conflation of “does the trick” and “serves the (a) purpose”, both meaning to achieve a desired result.  Might also be a bridge game malaphor.  A big thanks to Chief Malaphor Hunter Martin Pietrucha for hearing this one.

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