Definition of presto

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/ˈprestəʊ//ˈprestəʊ/

Word OriginItalian, ‘quick, quickly’, from late Latin praestus ‘ready’, from Latin praesto ‘at hand’.

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something that people say when they have just done something so quickly and easily that it seems to have been done by magic

something that people say just before they finish a magic trick

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