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trumped up

trumped up is the simple past and past participle of trump up.

Meaning of trump up

Verb

trump up (third-person singular simple present trumps up, present participle trumping up, simple past and past participle trumped up)

  1. (idiomatic) To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence).
    • His electoral "campaign" to date has included attempts to trump up criminal charges against his opponents.
  2. (idiomatic) to heavily publicise, promote or market a product.
    • We don't often trump up products purely for the virtue of being "new".

Questions about trumped up

What is trumped up the simple past and past participle of?
Trumped up is the simple past and past participle of trump up.

Words near trumped up in the dictionary

  1. Trumpcuck
  2. Trumpcucks
  3. Trumpdom
  4. Trumpean
  5. trumped
  6. trumped up
  7. trumped-up
  8. Trumpedo
  9. Trumpeldor
  10. Trumpenstein
  11. Trumpenvolk

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