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trumps up

trumps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 trumps up

What is trumps up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trumps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trump up.

Words near trumps up in the dictionary

  1. Trumposphere
  2. Trumpphobia
  3. Trumpquake
  4. Trumpression
  5. trumps
  6. trumps up
  7. Trumpski
  8. Trumpspeak
  9. Trumpsplain
  10. Trumpsplained
  11. Trumpsplaining

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