trump up

/trəmp əp/
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Other forms: trumped up; trumping up; trumps up

Definitions of trump up
  1. verb
    invent
    “trump up charges”
    synonyms: concoct
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    type of:
    cook up, fabricate, fabulate, invent, make up, manufacture
    make up something artificial or untrue
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