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It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.
Mike Farrell

Meaning of "trump up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUMP UP

trump up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUMP UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trump up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TRUMP UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of trump up in the English dictionary

The definition of trump up in the dictionary is to concoct or invent so as to deceive or implicate someone.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUMP UP

trump
trump card
trumped-up
trumperies
trumpery
trumpet
trumpet blast
trumpet call
trumpet climber
trumpet flower
trumpet honeysuckle
trumpet player
trumpet vine
trumpet-like
trumpeted
trumpeter
trumpeter swan
trumpeting
trumpetweed
trumpless

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUMP UP

amp up
bump up
crop up
keep up
lap up
mop up
pimp up
ramp up
rip up
slip up
snap up
sop up
soup up
step up
stump up
top up
whip up
whomp up
wrap up

Synonyms and antonyms of trump up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trump up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUMP UP

Find out the translation of trump up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trump up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trump up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

捏造
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

triunfo hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

trump up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रम्प अप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ورقة رابحة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

козырь до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

forjaria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তাম্বু আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

atout dans
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terperangkap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trumpf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

切り札アップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

트럼프 최대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Klumpuk munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trump lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிரம்ப் அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुकूम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uydurmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trump up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Trump się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

козир до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atu în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ατού up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

troef up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trumf upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trumf opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trump up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUMP UP»

The term «trump up» is normally little used and occupies the 142.293 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUMP UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trump up

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QUOTES WITH «TRUMP UP»

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Mike Farrell
It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUMP UP»

Discover the use of trump up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trump up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Card Games For Dummies
2. The second player, the dealer's partner, can pass, or she can accept the current trump suit by saying “Partner, I assist,” “I'll help you,” or “Pick it up.” 3. The third player follows the pattern for the first hand by ordering the trump up or passing.
Barry Rigal, 2011
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
Trumpet ; ( «(«: ^^^15 ) iWt^ si* Tx'tlftltl I Verb t. (Obs.) To impose upon ; to deceive ; ( '^(•3: ) ^itl I To trump up— To fabricate ; fwi liaiW, ^f6! ^31 I To trump up a charge — To bring a false charge against some one ; fllJl trump'-fir-y, w. & oJ>. 1.
Charuchandra Guha, 2007
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The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire
Meanwhile his staff was dumbfounded, and at least one wondered whether Rose was simply setting Trump up. He wasn't. To Rose, putting Harrah's casino expertise together with Donald Trump's construction savvy seemed a promising ...
Gwenda Blair, 2001
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The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
D trump card 1 card belonging to a trump suit. 2 colloq. surprise move to gain an advantage, trump up fabricate or invent (an accusation, etc.). • v. 2 see DISCOMFIT 2, OUTDO, a trump up see FABRICATE 2. trum«per«y /tnimpsree/ n. (pl.
Elizabeth Jewell, 2006
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
2 colloq. surprise move to gain an advantage. trump up fabricate or invent (an accusation, etc.). 1⁄2 v. 2 see DISCOMFIT 2, OUTDO. trump up see FABRICATE 2 . trum•per•y /trúmp/ree/ n. (pl. –ies) 1 worthless finery. 2 worthless article; junk.
Elizabeth Jewell, 2002
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
Thareforc trump up, blaw furth t hine eloquence. Doug. Virgil, 376. 14. We have the same phrascology in the Battallye of - The grote battell to gedercs ged. E. P. ii . 36. Soho wes behynd than lrumpand ay: Sa. wes scho schamyd in ilk sted, ...
John Jamieson, 1808
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Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey
Stooping down and winding my arms around my dear Bulger, I cried out, — " Yes, I understand thee now, faithful companion ; and I promise thee that before this moon has filled her horns we shall once more turn our backs on Castle Trump, up  ...
Ingersoll Lockwood, 1996
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Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans
So dem say, bwoy, dis man really in a desperate position, dem a go trump up and help him. So dem trump up, trump up, trump up. Dem a get fifty-eight poun'. Dem couldn't get di sixty poun'. So dem say, all right. Dem put di fifty-eight poun' in a ...
Daryl Cumber Dance, 1985
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
Tn Trump, trump, v. a. To win with a trump card ; To trump up, to devise, to forge. Trumpery, trump'er-e. s. (555) Something fallaciously splendid ; falsehood, empty talk ; something of no value, trifles. Trumpet, trump'it. s. (90) An instrument of ...
John Walker, 1806
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: And Expositor of the ...
A trumpet, an instrument of warlike musick ¡ a winning card, a card that has parti* cular privileges in a game; to put to er upon the Trump?, to put Ю the last expedient. To Trump, trump, v. a. To win with a trump card; to Trump up, lo devise , ...
John Walker, 1809

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUMP UP»

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Trump up in polls, but still dogged by controversy
A new national poll by YouGov.com says Donald Trump is the frontrunner among Republican presidential candidates. Fifteen percent of GOP voters back Trump ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
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What are Tiger Woods and Donald Trump up to in Dubai?
The winner of 14 golf majors is to put his name to the new 18-hole championship course in Dubai to be built by Damac Properties and operated by the Trump ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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If you think this will shut Trump up ….
The idea, perhaps, was that Trump, who'd presumably spent the trip devising a ... on Obama's terrible record on high gas prices and his refusal to “stand up” to ... «Salon, Apr 11»

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