TRUMP


Meaning of TRUMP in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

card

We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card .

That was why Gorbachev wanted to negotiate-and that is why, in my opinion, President Reagan was holding the trump card .

This was one of the trump cards of News International in its dispute with the print workers in 1986-87.

In the struggle for development, every economy has certain advantages or trump cards .

And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.

Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card .

That night, though, our sincerity was our trump card .

The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards .

■ VERB

come

And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps .

You've come up trumps , Derek.

play

We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card.

A desperate Nixon then played his trump .

And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.

In return, it promised not to play its one trump card - water.

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

And perhaps it was time to play the trump card up his sleeve.

In the struggle for development, every economy has certain advantages or trump cards .

Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card .

That night, though, our sincerity was our trump card .

That was why Gorbachev wanted to negotiate-and that is why, in my opinion, President Reagan was holding the trump card .

The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards .

This was one of the trump cards of News International in its dispute with the print workers in 1986-87.

We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Spades are trump .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Adversity is the regime's natural habitat, and in dealing with its own populace its one moral trump .

In return, it promised not to play its one trump card - water.

Parents must recognize that if a child does not want to do homework, the child holds the trump card.

The citizens of Hebron, by contrast, hold all the trump cards.

We had beaten him, but he played a final trump card.

Why, produce her trump card.

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

up

The entire thing was entirely trumped up and she was absolved because of the publicity we gave the case.

Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.

The offer may trump up business for other companies, as well.

■ NOUN

charge

Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Benckiser trumped Green's bid to buy the company.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A family's decision for a woman to marry trumps her own decision to participate politically.

Anxious to avoid indictment, peasants trumped up charges against their neighbors, while others accused their rivals of imaginary crimes.

In the contest for national ascendancy, motherhood appeared to be trumping arms-bearing.

That easily trumped the 23 percent winnings turned in by the overall market.

That you have trumped this up.

When state department analysts are asked for their opinions, however, pragmatism will probably trump ideology.

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