do with mirrors

verb

To perform a magic trick or produce an optical illusion with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham.

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Meanings

verbdo with mirrors (third-person singular simple present does with mirrors, present participle doing with mirrors, simple past did with mirrors, past participle done with mirrors)

present singular third person does with mirrors · participle present doing with mirrors · past did with mirrors · participle past done with mirrors

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo perform a magic trick or produce an optical illusion with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham.
  2. idiomatictransitiveTo do something as if by magic; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained.
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