TRUMP


Meaning of TRUMP in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

In a game of cards, ~s is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game.

Hearts are ~s.

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2.

In a game of cards, a ~ is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as ~s.

He played a ~.

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3.

If you ~ what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better.

The Socialists tried to ~ this with their slogan...

VERB: V n

4.

Your ~ card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.

In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their ~ card...

PHRASE: poss PHR

5.

If you say that someone came up ~s, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to. (BRIT)

Dwayne has come up ~s with a goal worthy of winning any match.

PHRASE: V inflects

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