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Definition of trump verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trump

verb
 
/trʌmp/
 
/trʌmp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they trump
 
/trʌmp/
 
/trʌmp/
he / she / it trumps
 
/trʌmps/
 
/trʌmps/
past simple trumped
 
/trʌmpt/
 
/trʌmpt/
past participle trumped
 
/trʌmpt/
 
/trʌmpt/
-ing form trumping
 
/ˈtrʌmpɪŋ/
 
/ˈtrʌmpɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. trump something (with something) (in some card games) to play a trump card that beats somebody else’s card
  2. trump something/somebody to beat something that somebody says or does by saying or doing something even better
    • They were trumped by another firm that made a lower bid.
  3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.
See trump in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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