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un⋅der⋅trick

[uhn-der-trik]
–noun Bridge.
a trick that a declarer failed to win in relation to the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
Compare overtrick.


Origin:
1900–05; under- + trick
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un·der·trick   (ŭn'dər-trĭk')   
n.  A trick in card games, especially bridge, the loss of which prevents a declarer from making a contract.
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