trump up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence).
Those of the men who had swapped horses with passing drovers, without the exchange of receipts, were busy all afternoon trumping up witnesses.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 67:His electoral "campaign" to date has included attempts to trump up criminal charges against his opponents.
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(idiomatic) to heavily publicise, promote or market a product.
We don't often trump up products purely for the virtue of being "new".
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trumps up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| trumping up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| trumped up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| trumped up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
cmn 大力宣傳 /大力宣传 (heavily publicise, promote or market a product) · ru рекламировать (heavily publicise, promote or market a product) · ru фабриковать (create falsely, fabricate) · fi keksiä (create falsely, fabricate) · cmn 捏造 (create falsely, fabricate) · fi ylimainostaa (heavily publicise, promote or market a product) · fi tekaista (create falsely, fabricate)