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To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a highly public way. Safety might trump appearance when you're buying a car, or your desires may trump your brother's when it comes to making weekend plans.
In the card game bridge, the trump card is the most powerful card in a particular round and defeats all the others — sort of like when your needs or wishes trump someone else's. Originally trump implied a deceptive form of victory involving cheating, but that sense has been largely lost, though it's still around in the term trumped up, meaning something that's been falsely made up. A politician may face trumped up charges that could ruin his career.
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get the better of
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a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
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vget the better of
- Synonyms:
- best, outdo, outflank, scoop
- Types:
- outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart
defeat by more skillful maneuvering
- outgeneral
surpass in generalship
- Type of:
- beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
vplay a trump
- Synonyms:
- ruff
- Types:
- overtrump
play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick
- crossruff
trump alternately in two hands
- Type of:
- go, move
have a turn; make one's move in a game
na playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
“the ace of trumps is a sure winner”
- Synonyms:
- trump card
- Type of:
- playing card
one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
n(card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand
“clubs were declared trumps”
“a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led”
- Type of:
- suit
playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
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na brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- Synonyms:
- cornet, horn, trumpet
- Types:
- serpent
an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
- Type of:
- brass, brass instrument
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
vproclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- Synonyms:
- trump out
- Type of:
- announce, denote
make known; make an announcement
vproduce a sound as if from a trumpet
- Type of:
- go, sound
make a certain noise or sound
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