to trump up an excuse

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• Trump — card redirects here. For the game show, see Trump Card (game show). For other uses, see Trump (disambiguation). A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its normal rank in trick taking games. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a… …   Wikipedia

• trump — trump1 [trump] n. [altered < TRIUMPH] 1. any playing card of a suit that ranks higher than any other suit during the playing of a hand: a trump can take any card of any other suit 2. [occas. pl., with sing. v.] a suit of trumps 3. any… …   English World dictionary

• trump — ► NOUN 1) (in bridge, whist, etc.) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led. 2) a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, to gain an… …   English terms dictionary

• trump up — verb invent (Freq. 1) trump up charges • Syn: ↑concoct • Derivationally related forms: ↑concoction (for: ↑concoct) • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• trump — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a playing card of a suit ranking above the others. 2 an advantage esp. involving surprise. 3 colloq. a a helpful or admired person. b Austral. & NZ a person in authority. v. 1 a tr. defeat (a card or its player) with a trump. b… …   Useful english dictionary

• trump — I [[t]trʌmp[/t]] n. 1) gam a) 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 b) Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself 2) inf Informal. a fine person;… …   From formal English to slang

• trump — trump1 noun 1》 (in bridge, whist, etc.) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led.     ↘(trumps) the suit having this rank in a particular hand.     ↘(in a… …   English new terms dictionary

• trump something up — INVENT, make up, fabricate, concoct, contrive, manufacture, devise, hatch; fake, falsify; informal cook up. → trump * * * invent a false accusation or excuse they ve trumped up charges against her * * * ˌtrump sthˈup derived to make up a false… …   Useful english dictionary

• trump something up — invent a false accusation or excuse. → trump …   English new terms dictionary

• trump up — {v.} To make up (something untrue); invent in the mind. * /Every time Tom is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse./ * /The Russians were afraid he was a spy, so they arrested him on a trumped up charge and made him leave the country./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• trump up — {v.} To make up (something untrue); invent in the mind. * /Every time Tom is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse./ * /The Russians were afraid he was a spy, so they arrested him on a trumped up charge and made him leave the country./ …   Dictionary of American idioms