presto chan·go
-ˈchān(ˌ)jō
: change quickly
—used originally as a magician's command
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: a sudden transformation as if by magic
suggest that the solution of social and political ills lay in … a moral presto chango —Irwin Edman
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“Presto chango.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presto%20chango. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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