Crossword clues for hey presto
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interj. 1 (context British English) Used by stage magicians, when waving a "magic wand" and performing a trick. 2 (context British colloquial English) (non-gloss definition: Indicates a sudden desirable conclusion or change, as if by magic); ta-da; voilà.
Usage examples of "hey presto".
And after the end of the war, hey presto, there was the Archangel Gibreel instructing the surviving males to marry the widowed women, lest by remarrying outside the faith they be lost to Submission.
I of course understand that the widespread revulsion inspired even now, and perhaps forever, by the word Communism is a sane response to the cruelties and stupidities of the dictators of the USSR, who called themselves, hey presto, Communists, just as Hitler called himself, hey presto, a Christian.
He would then produce his irreproachable alibi--and, hey presto, he was safe for life!
He would then produce his irreproachable alibiand, hey presto, he was safe for life!