mean trick
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeanandtrick
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mean
adjective
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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trick
noun[C]
uk/trɪk/us/trɪk/
an action that is intended to deceive, either as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form ...
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(Definition ofmeanandtrickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is not that a shabby,meantrickwhich is played on these old-age pensioners?
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The brewers get up to everymeantrickthey can to increase the price of beer.
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It is a most contemptible andmeantrick.
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Even at this late stage, will he change his mind about thismeantrick?
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I think it is a verymeantrickindeed.
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That young man had once been a lively, artistic and friendly lad who had never played ameantrickon anyone.
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It does not help the cause of rural water supplies and sewerage, and it is either a downright silly thing or ameantrick.
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It would be a cheap andmeantrickto let students down and dash their great hopes and expectations by systematically ruining their chances of staying on at school.
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What he has said could be either a dramatic retreat or ameantrickaimed at lulling the growing opposition.
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He's arrogant and fond of playing mean tricks on everyone around him.
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