"do with mirrors" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-do with mirrors.ogg Forms: does with mirrors [present, singular, third-person], doing with mirrors [participle, present], did with mirrors [past], done with mirrors [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> with mirrors}} do with mirrors (third-person singular simple present does with mirrors, present participle doing with mirrors, simple past did with mirrors, past participle done with mirrors)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To perform a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: magic mirror, smoke and mirrors
    Sense id: en-do_with_mirrors-en-verb-evSSJulR
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To do something as if by magic; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-do_with_mirrors-en-verb-w2mjOLUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71

Inflected forms

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        "To perform a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To perform a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To do something as if by magic; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To perform a magic or optical trick with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham."
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