TRUMP UP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

trump up

verb

Definition of trump up

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house

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Recent Examples of trump up Bass insisted the charges were trumped up. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026 He was forced to flee the country in the months following the election, due to trumped up conspiracy and terrorism charges presented by the government that would have led to decades in prison. — Flora Charner, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026 The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power. — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025 She was elected to the country's National Assembly in 2010, only to be expelled four years later on allegations her supporters said were trumped up. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trump up

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To create objects with collapsibility as a core feature, Toyonaga’s team devised an analytic design algorithm allowing incremental construction of complex scissored surfaces.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
Then, in a famous 1937 paper, the mathematician Alan Turing devised a model based on hypothetical machines that could read and write symbols printed on an infinite tape according to a set of simple rules.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of devise

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Members maintain the club's 129-year-old building, construct new stretches of track and fix each other's trains.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Testing quantum sensing before launch Infleqtion will now construct an initial sensor head and an electronics engineering unit.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of construct

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Now, if someone could just invent that pizza plant, that would be great.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The designer Dapper Dan, who helped invent hip-hop fashion, was originally known for his high-fashion knockoffs, but consumers came to view him as a brand unto himself.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of invent

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From petition to lawsuit to election In order to drum up support for the recall, First District residents worked together to hold daily petition drives throughout the month of May.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Seeking to drum up athletic revenue, Connecticut lawmakers authorized the University of Connecticut to issue vouchers for state tax credits equal to half the amount of donations, sponsorships and licensing endorsements.

— David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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