Cards .

any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.

Often, trumps. ( used with a singular verb ) the suit itself.

Informal . a fine person; brick.

Cards . to take with a trump.

to excel; surpass; outdo.

Cards .

to play a trump.

to take a trick with a trump. ?

trump up, to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate

Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.

noun

trump card

verb

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