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trumping up

trumping up is the present participle and gerund 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 trumping up

What is trumping up the present participle and gerund of?
Trumping up is the present participle and gerund of trump up.

Words near trumping up in the dictionary

  1. Trumpies
  2. Trumpiest
  3. Trumpification
  4. Trumpiness
  5. trumping
  6. trumping up
  7. trumpings
  8. Trumpington
  9. Trumpish
  10. Trumpishness
  11. Trumpism

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