I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
card
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We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card .
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That was why Gorbachev wanted to negotiate-and that is why, in my opinion, President Reagan was holding the trump card .
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This was one of the trump cards of News International in its dispute with the print workers in 1986-87.
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In the struggle for development, every economy has certain advantages or trump cards .
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And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.
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Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card .
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That night, though, our sincerity was our trump card .
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The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards .
■ VERB
come
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And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps .
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You've come up trumps , Derek.
play
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We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card.
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A desperate Nixon then played his trump .
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And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.
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In return, it promised not to play its one trump card - water.
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The full hand was as shown below: - Note what happens if declarer plays 2 rounds of trumps before proceeding.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
trump/best/strongest card
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And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.
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In the struggle for development, every economy has certain advantages or trump cards .
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Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card .
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That night, though, our sincerity was our trump card .
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That was why Gorbachev wanted to negotiate-and that is why, in my opinion, President Reagan was holding the trump card .
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The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards .
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This was one of the trump cards of News International in its dispute with the print workers in 1986-87.
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We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Spades are trump .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adversity is the regime's natural habitat, and in dealing with its own populace its one moral trump .
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In return, it promised not to play its one trump card - water.
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Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card.
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The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards.
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We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card.
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Why, produce her trump card.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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The entire thing was entirely trumped up and she was absolved because of the publicity we gave the case.
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Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.
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The offer may trump up business for other companies, as well.
■ NOUN
charge
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Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Benckiser trumped Green's bid to buy the company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A family's decision for a woman to marry trumps her own decision to participate politically.
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Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.
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In the contest for national ascendancy, motherhood appeared to be trumping arms-bearing.
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That easily trumped the 23 percent winnings turned in by the overall market.
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That you have trumped this up.
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When state department analysts are asked for their opinions, however, pragmatism will probably trump ideology.