old trick
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoldandtrick
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old
adjective
uk/əʊld/us/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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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 ofoldandtrickfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is theoldtrickof my party.
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To cut expenditure three, four or five years ahead is anoldtrick.
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It is anoldtrick, but we understand it fully.
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That is a veryoldtrickof advocacy and not really in these circumstances quite fair.
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He used it—this is a veryoldtrick—in an interrogative form.
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Theoldtrickto get the age of 70 just did not work.
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It is anoldtrickwith which we are quite familiar.
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This is a repetition of the sameoldtrick.
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It is anoldtrick; it is a trick that is used very frequently.
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It is anoldtrickand a shabby one.
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This is anoldtrickof tyrants in the world's history.
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But enumerating nine or ten different points is anoldtrickwhich takes nobody in.
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I am not going to fall for thatoldtrick.
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It is artoldtrick, but let us look at the facts.
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He took refuge in a veryoldtrick.
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This case shows that they are up to anoldtrick.
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That is another veryoldtrick, the confidence trick.
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Yes, it is anoldtrick, the result of which is that there is no opportunity for cross-examination.
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It is theoldtrick.
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It is aholdtrick.
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