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trick or treat

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trick or treat
ˌtrick or ˈtreat verb
1. go trick or treating if children go trick or treating, they dress in costumes and go from house to house on Halloween saying ‘trick or treat’ in order to get sweets
2. the words that children say when they go trick or treating, to say that they will play a trick on someone if they are not given a treat (=sweet)