do the trick
Get it done
Do the trick means to accomplish the desired result or solve a problem adequately.
The phrase suggests a practical, good-enough solution rather than an elegant one: A little duct tape should do the trick.
I wasn't sure the old battery would work, but it did the trick.
Meeting the requirement
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
decent · serviceable · workable · suitable · suffice · fill the bill · fit the bill · cut it
enough
Meeting the requirement
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
passable · decent · serviceable · workable · suitable · suffice · fill the bill · fit the bill · cut it · hack it
work
Effort toward a goal
remedy · cure · resolve · accomplish · achieve · deliver · perform · function · suffice · help
- cut itmake it, hack it, pass muster, cut the mustard, make the grade
do the trickfail miserably
fail · fall short · miss the mark · come up short · flop
trick, done, doing, tricky, undone, tricks, does, trickery, tricked