Found 1 items, similar to To trump up.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To trump up Trump \Trump\, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a trumpet.] 1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] “To trick or trump mankind.” --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To impose unfairly; to palm off. [1913 Webster] Authors have been trumped upon us. --C. Leslie. [1913 Webster] To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge. [1913 Webster]