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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuʁ də pas.pas/, /tuʁ də pɑs.pɑs/
Noun
tour de passe-passe m (plural tours de passe-passe)
- (derogatory) sleight of hand, fiddle, trick
2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 3, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:Après sept ans de vie commune, ça m’avait semblé énorme, comme une autre ère, comme si on m’eût volé ma famille et ma vie, d’un tour de passe-passe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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