trump
[noun]
Synonyms: trump card, clincher
[verb]
Synonyms: surpass, beat, best, better, cap, excel, outdo, outstrip, pass, top

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Trump, Don‧ald /ˈdɒnəld $ ˈdɑː-/
(1946–) a US property developer who was most successful in the 1980s when he owned hotels, houses, casinos, and many apartments. His most famous building is the Trump Tower, a large office building in New York City. Since 2003 he has been the host of The Apprentice, a reality TV show.

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I. trump¹ /trʌmp/ noun

1. trumps [plural] (also trump American English) the suit (=one of the four types of cards in a set) chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular card game:
Hearts are trumps.

2. [countable] (also trump card) a card from the suit that has been chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular game

3. trump card something that you can do or use in a situation, which gives you an advantage:
But then he decided to play his trump card (=use his advantage).
They hold all the trump cards (=have things which could give them an advantage).

4. come/turn up trumps to provide what is needed, especially unexpectedly and at the last moment:
Paul came up trumps and managed to borrow a car for us.

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II. trump² verb [transitive]

1. to play a trump that beats someone else’s card in a game

2. to do better than someone else in a situation when people are competing with each other:
By wearing a simple but stunning dress, she had trumped them all.
trump something ↔ up phrasal verb
to use false information to make someone seem guilty of doing something wrong:
They had trumped the whole thing up to get rid of him.
—trumped-up adjective:
Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped-up charges.

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trump
noun
TRUMP + NOUN card (often figurative) Vienna's trump cards include concerts in the palaces where Mozart made music.
suit
 ⇒ Note at CARD

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trump
̈ɪtrʌmp
See: hold all the trumps

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