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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trump up vb - (tr, adverb) to concoct or invent (a charge, accusation, etc) so as to deceive or implicate someone
trump1 /trʌmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Games
- any playing card of a suit that for a time outranks the other suits.
- Often, trumps. [plural] the suit itself.
- Informal Termsa fine person.
v. - Gamesto play or take (a card) with a trump: [~ + object]He led a queen and so she trumped it.[no object]On the next round he trumped.
- to outdo;
surpass;
excel:[~ + object]Although the prosecutor seemed to have an advantage with her expert witness, the defense attorney trumped her by bringing in a more qualified expert. - trump up, [~ + up + object] to make up (an accusation, etc.), esp. as a lie:They trumped up charges against him.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trump1 (trump),USA pronunciation n. - Games[Cards.]
- any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
- Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself.
- Informal Termsa fine person;
brick.
v.t. - Games[Cards.]to take with a trump.
- to excel;
surpass;
outdo.
v.i. - Games[Cards.]
- to play a trump.
- to take a trick with a trump.
- trump up, to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation;
fabricate:Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
- unexplained variant of triumph 1520–30
- Slang Termsa trumpet.
- Slang Termsits sound.
v.i. - Slang Termsto blow a trumpet.
- Old French tromper, derivative of trompe
- Old High German trumpa, variant of trumba trumpet; (verb, verbal) Middle English trompen
- Old French
- (noun, nominal) Middle English trompe 1250–1300
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