presto chango

  

presto chango

[cheyn-joh]
noun
1.
change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
2.
a change occurring suddenly and as if by magic: There is always an element of presto chango in international relations.
Origin:
rhyming alteration of change

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