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单词 trump up
释义

trump up

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verb

(tr, adverb) to concoct or invent (a charge, accusation, etc) so as to deceive or implicate someone

Words nearby trump up

trumpets, trumpet-tree, trumpet vine, trumpetweed, trumps, trump up, trumscheit, truncal, truncate, truncated, truncation
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Idioms and Phrases with trump up

trump 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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