trump up

trump up

verb

Definition of TRUMP UP

transitive verb

1

: to concoct especially with intent to deceive : fabricate, invent

2

archaic : to cite as support for an action or claim

Examples of TRUMP UP

1. <a wife who was always trumping up little projects for her husband to do around the house>

First Known Use of TRUMP UP

1695

Related to TRUMP UP

Synonyms: concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, make up, manufacture, think (up), invent, vamp (up)

Related Words: coin, design, hatch, produce; daydream, dream, fantasize; conceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualize; ad-lib, extemporize, improvise

Near Antonyms: clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce

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