presto chango
1 of 2imperative verb
presto chan·go
-ˈchān(ˌ)jō
: change quickly —used originally as a magician's command
presto chango
2 of 2noun
"
: a sudden transformation as if by magic
suggest that the solution of social and political ills lay in … a moral presto chango —Irwin Edman
Word History
Etymology
Imperative verb
presto entry 1 + chango (from change + -o —as in presto)
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