come/turn up trumps

phrase

British, informal

: to do or provide what is necessary in order to succeed

The team turned up trumps in the final game and won the championship.

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The alignment has to be perfect to enable this, and that alignment is only maintained for a brief period, but by watching many millions of stars at the same time, Roman is expected to come up trumps. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025

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