turn tricks

turn tricks

slang To perform sexual acts for money. Typically said of a prostitute. A lot of these girls are addicts who started turning tricks to get drug money.
See also: trick, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌturn a ˈtrick/ˈtricks

(American English, slang) have sex with somebody for money: Things got so bad for her financially that she even considered turning tricks to pay the rent.
See also: trick, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • color of someone's money, see the
  • funny money
  • come into (some) money
  • come into money
  • be (right) on the money
  • a cash flow problem
  • cash flow problem
  • be made of money
  • be pushed for money
  • for a while
References in periodicals archive
Although the cops have refused to reveal the woman's name, neighbors say that she went by the name "C.C." and used to turn tricks inside a massage parlor. 
BH is no longer in demand, but his lavish lifestyle and vicious vices leave him no other choice but to turn tricks.
Slowly, Dime is drawn into a dark life in which she is forced to turn tricks so she can earn Daddy's love and keep him happy.
That in turn tricks mobile phones into revealing unique identifying numbers and general locations, according to the report.
Thus, we have, as one article in Haaretz put it, "the midnight cowboys of Tel Aviv"boys and young men discarded by their families who turn tricks in the "horseshoe" of streets that surround the old central bus station.
Kilani's debut feature, "On the Edge," about four girls from Tangiers who peel shrimps by day and turn tricks by night, is a perfect example.
Even in the day, it's a dark hidden corner where young women can turn tricks for pounds 20.
Don't worry, you're not expected to turn tricks, instead you can advertise what you are willing to do and the price you are willing to do it for.
Though Christina does eventually make it through, Domineque ends up doing time in a men's prison, and Beam never glosses over the problems these girls face that relate to their families, their addictions or their decision to turn tricks because finding a real job was hard.
Sonny was a jealous, demanding lover who forced Heidi to turn tricks and later interrogated her about what she felt about the men he demanded she have sex with.
You don't go to a drama about heroin addicts expecting to laugh, but it's hard not to chuckle during the new film Candy, at least when Heath Ledger's Dan is trying to justify why he won't turn tricks to finance his smack habit.
I only hope those women in Accra, who're forced to turn tricks to keep their children clothed and housed, got the same sort of treatment.
Hybrid, who remixed New Order and Moby, will perform live and Ben Balaphonic and MC Spee will showcase their breakbeat style as street dancers turn tricks.
Many years after he'd become a famous, financially secure novelist and teacher, Rechy continued to turn tricks for pay--in fact, until the age of fifty.
Some women began to turn tricks to make extra money.