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trump
verb [T] /trʌmp/Definition
› If you trump another player's card, you beat it with a card that belongs to the group of cards that has been chosen to have the highest value in the game you are playing.Actions involved in playing cards › to beat someone or something by doing or producing something better: Their million-pound bid for the company was trumped at the last moment by an offer for almost twice as much from their main competitor.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
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