trump up

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trump up

verb trumps up · trumping up · trumped up

  1. idiomatic To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence). His electoral "campaign" to date has included attempts to trump up criminal charges against his opponents.
  2. idiomatic to heavily publicise, promote or market a product. We don't often trump up products purely for the virtue of being "new".

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verb create falsely, fabricate

中文捏造 niēzào
Русскийфабриковать fabrikovatʹ

verb heavily publicise, promote or market a product

中文大力宣傳 /大力宣传 dàlì xuānchuán
Русскийрекламировать reklamirovatʹ

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@misc{trump_up_2026,
  title = {trump up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trump%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}