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trumping
To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
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verb
To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
“He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.”
To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
To impose unfairly; to palm off.
To supersede.
“In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.”
To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
verb
To blow a trumpet.
To flatulate.
“And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.”
noun
The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.
The sound of a trumpet.
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He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
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