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trump 1  (trmp)
n.
1. Games
a. A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand. Often used in the plural.
b. A card of such a suit.
c. A trump card.
2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment.
3. Informal A reliable or admirable person.
v. trumped, trump·ing, trumps
v.tr.
1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.
2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
v.intr. Games
To play a trump.
Phrasal Verb:
trump up
To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.
[Alteration of triumph.]
trump 2  (trmp)
n.
A trumpet.
[Middle English trompe, from Old French; see trumpet.]
trump up
vb
(tr, adverb) to concoct or invent (a charge, accusation, etc.) so as to deceive or implicate someone
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.trump up - invent; "trump up charges"
concoct
cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
Translations
? trump up
vt sep → erfinden


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"I think they have been trying to keep us apart," she continued, "for whenever you have been off duty one of the older women of Tars Tarkas' retinue has always arranged to trump up some excuse to get Sola and me out of sight.
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