单词 | trump up |
释义 | trump upSEE SYNONYMS FOR trump up ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to concoct or invent (a charge, accusation, etc) so as to deceive or implicate someone Words nearby trump uptrumpets, trumpet-tree, trumpet vine, trumpetweed, trumps, trump up, trumscheit, truncal, truncate, truncated, truncation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with trump uptrump up Concoct fraudulently, fabricate, as in They trumped up a charge of conspiracy, or She had trumped up another excuse for not doing the work. This expression, first recorded in 1695, uses trump in the sense of “devise fraudulently,” a usage otherwise obsolete. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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