trick or treat

trick or treat
{n.} The custom of going from house to house on Halloween asking for small gifts and playing tricks on people who refuse to give. * /When Mrs. Jones answered the doorbell, the children yelled "Trick or treat." Mrs. Jones gave them all some candy./ * /On Halloween Bill and Tom went out playing trick or treat./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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