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TRUMP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trump up mean? 

TRUMP UP (verb)
  The verb TRUMP UP has 1 sense:

1. inventplay

  Familiarity information: TRUMP UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRUMP UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; trump up

Context example:

trump up charges

Hypernyms (to "trump up" is one way to...):

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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