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as in made-up, fabricated
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trumped up
verb
past tense of trump up
Synonyms & Antonyms of trumped up (Entry 2 of 2)
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
- parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house
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“Trumped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumped-up. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of trumped-up was in 1728
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