trumps
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) cards any one of the four suits, decided by cutting or bidding, that outranks all the other suits for the duration of a deal or game
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(of a person) to bring about a happy or successful conclusion (to an event, problem, etc), esp unexpectedly
Example Sentences
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Dearie on Thursday asked trump's lawyers to provide any evidence backing this up.
From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2022
Why does Cohen subject himself to trump’s insults?
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018
I have being following kim Jong un and donald trump's ups and downs when it was started last year. it was really a very big problem...
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018
I throw up the pack of cards now that the trump’s out of ’em.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
And I said to my heart, when time is told, A mightier voice than that sexton's old Will sound o'er the last trump's dreadful din— "I gather them in, I gather them in."
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss
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