serve someone a trick

verb

To play a trick on someone.

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Meanings

verbserve someone a trick (third-person singular simple present serves someone a trick, present participle serving someone a trick, simple past and past participle served someone a trick)

present singular third person serves someone a trick · participle present serving someone a trick · participle past served someone a trick · past served someone a trick

  1. To play a trick on someone.

Origin

See serve (“to treat someone in a given manner”).

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serve someone a trick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serve%20someone%20a%20trick

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serve someone a trick,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serve%20someone%20a%20trick.

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