trump up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to turn the case into a trial on USC's admissions policies instead of whether the parents agreed to lie and trump up their kids' athletic credentials.
From Fox News ● Sep. 8, 2021
“They did it ‘without cause’ so they wouldn’t be judged on what they tried to trump up on me,” Parker said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
“We don’t just trump up charges on people so that we can hold them,” Dunlap said, adding that he didn’t buy into stereotypes about immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2015
When the threatened businesses refused to accede to those demands, both accusers use the businesses’ actions to trump up the charges:
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2014
I tried to say something, to trump up an excuse; my mouth opened wide but no words came out.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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