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turned up trumps

turned up trumps is the simple past and past participle of turn up trumps.

Meaning of turn up trumps

Verb

turn up trumps (third-person singular simple present turns up trumps, present participle turning up trumps, simple past and past participle turned up trumps)

  1. (idiomatic) To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.
    • So nearly all her investment turned up trumps, and Edward was really in fit case to reopen Branshaw Manor and once more to assume his position in the county.1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter V, in The Good Soldier […], Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1972 (1982 printing), →ISBN, part I, page 62

Questions about turned up trumps

What is turned up trumps the simple past and past participle of?
Turned up trumps is the simple past and past participle of turn up trumps.

Words near turned up trumps in the dictionary

  1. turned up missing
  2. turned up one's nose
  3. turned up one's toes
  4. turned up the heat
  5. turned up the volume on
  6. turned up trumps
  7. turned upon
  8. turned upside down
  9. turned v
  10. turnedst
  11. turnep

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