Meaning of presto chango | Babel Free

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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