miss a trick

verb

Etymology

From card games, where trick means “a sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined”.

Definitions

  1. To allow an advantageous opportunity to pass by.

    • John managed to make a profit on that old car you sold him. He never misses a trick, does he?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for miss a trick. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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