Antonyms for trump up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : truhmp |
| Phonetic Transcription : trÊŒmp |
- abandon
- abort
- agree
- annihilate
- approve
- ascend
- attest
- be forthright
- be honest
- be original
- be real
- beautify
- borrow
- break
- build
- calculate
- clean
- decrease
- demolish
- demote
- deny
- depress
- destroy
- disagree
- disarrange
- disbelieve
- disclose
- discourage
- dislike
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disorder
- disorganize
- disregard
- dissuade
- divulge
- drop
- end
- explain
- expose
- finish
- forget
- halt
- hate
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- keep
- kill
- lay bare
- leave alone
- lessen
- let out
- lower
- measure
- misunderstand
- neglect
- not believe
- open
- preserve
- prevent
- prove
- purify
- raze
- refuse
- represent
- result
- reveal
- rise
- ruin
- shape nicely
- show
- smooth
- stay
- steal
- stop
- straight
- straighten
- tell
- tell truth
- uncover
- unmask
- waste
- wreck
Definition of trump up
Origin :- "playing card of a suit ranking above others," 1520s, alteration of triumph, name of a card game.
- As in invent : verb fabricate
- As in machinate : verb maneuver, plot
- As in make up : verb create
- As in manufacture : verb concoct, invent
- As in misrepresent/misquote : verb lie, distort
- As in rig : verb arrange for certain outcome
- As in belie : verb deceive
- As in misrepresent : verb lie
- As in coin : verb create, invent
- As in conceive : verb create
- As in construct : verb assemble, build
- As in contrive : verb invent, design
- As in devise : verb conceive, dream up
- As in distort : verb deform; falsify
- As in fabricate : verb falsify, make up a story
- As in falsify : verb alter, misrepresent
- As in fancy : verb imagine, create
- As in fib : verb tell an undetailed lie
- As in forge : verb counterfeit
- As in hatch : verb create, plan
- "To hear what lies you could trump up," replied Kendal boldly.
- Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
- Nowadays, it's as much as he can do to trump up henergy to let off a single damn.
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- I must trump up some business with the proprietor as an excuse for coming in.
- Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
- I can trump up some excuse to mother about not staying all night with you, as I intended.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Henry C. Wood
- After all was said and done she could trump up an excuse if she was discovered.
- Extract from : « A Traitor's Wooing » by Headon Hill
- At the same time, he had to trump up an objection to the flat.
- Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
- Whatsoever falsehoods they were able to trump up, that worthy personage gathered up into one bundle.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) » by Jules Bonnet
- Obsequious menials might even set the dogs at him, or trump up a charge against him and put him in jail.
- Extract from : « The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant » by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
- So any ould thief, then, can trump up a charge against a man——can send him off to jail—before he can look around him!
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Now what right have you trying to trump up something against that girl.
- Extract from : « The Forged Note » by Oscar Micheaux
Synonyms for trump up
- ad-lib
- adulterate
- alter
- angle
- arrange
- be inclined to think
- bear
- beard
- become pregnant
- belie
- believe
- bend
- bias
- blarney
- blend
- blow smoke
- blueprint
- brainstorm
- breed
- bring forth
- brood
- buckle
- build up
- cast
- cause
- change
- chart
- cheese
- cloak
- cobble up
- cogitate
- coin
- collapse
- collude
- color
- combine
- come up with
- compose
- compound
- con
- conceal
- conceive
- concoct
- confuse
- conjecture
- conjure up
- connive
- consider
- conspire
- constitute
- construct
- contort
- contradict
- contravene
- contrive
- cook
- cook up
- copy
- counterfeit
- cover up
- craft
- create
- create fiction
- create out of thin air
- crush
- curve
- deacon
- deceive
- decline
- deny
- depicture
- design
- deteriorate
- develop
- deviate
- devise
- discover
- disfigure
- disguise
- distort
- doctor
- dope out
- dream up
- dress
- dress up
- duplicate
- elevate
- embellish
- embroider
- engender
- engineer
- envisage
- envision
- equivocate
- erect
- establish
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- fabulize
- fake
- fake it
- falsify
- fancy
- fantasize
- fashion
- feature
- feign
- fib
- fictionalize
- fiddle with
- finagle
- fix
- forge
- form
- formulate
- found
- four-flush
- frame
- frame up
- fudge
- fudge together
- fuse
- garble
- generate
- gerrymander
- get off
- get up
- give birth
- give snow job
- give the lie to
- gloss
- gloss over
- gnarl
- guess
- hammer out
- handle
- hatch
- head trip
- hide
- hoke up
- image
- imagine
- imitate
- improv
- improvise
- incubate
- induce
- infer
- intrigue
- invent
- jive
- join
- juggle
- knock off
- knot
- lay eggs
- lie
- machinate
- make
- make believe
- make like
- make out like
- make up
- make up off the top of one's head
- make up off top of one's head
- mangle
- manipulate
- manufacture
- mask
- mastermind
- meditate
- meld
- melt
- merge
- mingle
- mint
- miscolor
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- mislead
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- misshape
- misstate
- mix
- mold
- move
- occasion
- organize
- originate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- parent
- pervert
- phantom
- phony up
- picture
- pirate
- plan
- plant
- play by ear
- play games
- play it by ear
- plot
- ponder
- prefab
- prepare
- pretend
- prevaricate
- procreate
- produce
- project
- promote
- provoke
- puff
- pull strings
- purpose
- put on an act
- put one on
- put out
- put together
- put up
- raise
- ready
- realize
- rear
- reckon
- reproduce
- rig
- ruminate
- sag
- salt
- scam
- scheme
- scratch
- set
- set up
- shape
- shovel
- simulate
- sire
- skew
- slant
- slump
- snow
- spark
- spawn
- speak with forked tongue
- speculate
- spitball
- spread it on
- stamp
- storify
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- strike
- suppose
- surmise
- take out of context
- tamper with
- tell a little white lie
- tell a white lie
- tell untruth
- think
- think likely
- think up
- throw a curve
- throw together
- throw up
- torture
- trace
- transcribe
- traverse
- trump up
- twist
- uprear
- vamp
- vision
- visualize
- wangle
- warp
- whip up
- whitewash
- wind
- wing it
- work out
- work up
- wrench
- write
- writhe
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