Trick or treat!
Definition
› something that children say on Halloween (= a holiday on 31 October), when they dress to look frightening and visit people's houses to ask for sweets
go trick or treating › If children go trick or treating, they visit people's houses on Halloween to ask for sweets.
(Definition of Trick or treat! from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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