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The phrase "a trick on him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation where someone is deceived or misled as part of a playful or mischievous act.
Example: "They decided to play a trick on him by hiding his car keys."
Alternatives: "a prank on him" or "a ruse against him".
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His mind had played a trick on him, he said.
Park deleted the message, figuring someone was playing a trick on him.
At first, he thinks that sleep is playing a trick on him, and he rubs his eyes but still the sea has vanished.
When the barber turns to the other travelers to verify his version of the story, they decide to play a trick on him and pretend that they too see a helmet and not a basin.
"He responded in jest asking whether somebody was trying to play a trick on him.
The writers thought this scene was "too dark" and changed it to Homer getting a shotgun and going after the aliens, before finding out that Bart is playing a trick on him.
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The rain had played a trick on them.
If you see him in the hallway at school, play a little trick on him.
But then he appears looking relaxed and a little cavalier, perhaps playing a trick on those who doubted him.
A pair of boys decide to play a trick on Hoax and tell him about a murder.
ONE of Vice President Al Gore's favorite stories is about the time he fell for a trick played on him as a cub reporter at the Nashville Tennessean.
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