presto chango

Definitions

Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.

informal

Examples

“1929, Business Week, advertisement, Just one touch⟳ lets you go from black to a second color. Presto. Chango. Or back to black. Presto. Chango. Color copies have⟳ never been easier.”

“PRESTO CHANGO! From a dreary, commonplace piece to a smart colorful chair shining with personality.”

“"...An' presto-chango, you got yourself a twenty-eight-by-sixty-foot house."”

“Tom nodded solemnly. "Presto Chango," he said. Then he looked at the policeman again. "My name⟳ is Joshua Cameron," he announced, and the policeman wrote that down.”

“Watch⟳ and before your eyes, presto chango, a capital crime of the most hideous sort⟳ will be turned into a superstition,....”

“Jesus is the ultimate stain lifter. He removes the stain of our sin, and presto, chango!”

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