presto chango
Magician's transformation phrase
Presto chango is a mock-magical incantation announcing a sudden transformation or reveal, as if performing a magic trick: Presto chango, the mess was gone.
The phrase playfully suggests something has changed instantly or effortlessly.
Sometimes shortened to just presto.
- voilàExclamation presenting something
- magic wordsUtterances that work wonders
- switcherooSlangy sudden reversal
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
shazam · transform · showmanship · conjuring · illusion · abracadabra · vanishing act · ta-da · legerdemain · spectacle · hocus pocus · prestidigitation · metamorphosis · blink of an eye · sleight · alakazam · wonderment · mystery
presto changogradually
In slow stages
slowly but surely · inch by inch · step by step · little by little · over time
presto changoby the book
Following established procedures exactly
plain and simple · mundanely · ordinarily · bureaucratically · the hard way
presto changono tricks
no illusions · transparently · what you see is what you get · honestly · authentically
presto, change, changed, changing, changeable, unchanged, exchanger, exchange