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Meaning of turn a trick | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To perform a sexual service for a customer.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“The girls explained to me that they got eighty cents a trick, one payment for each metal check—“turning a trick” was how they described one session with a john.”
“City prostitutes say laws governing the sex trade are putting them in danger every time they turn a trick.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

turn about turn again turn against turn an honest penny turn around turn around one's finger

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