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21hold all the trumps — {v. phr.} To have the best chance of winning; have all the advantages; have full control. * /Most of the team wants John for captain and he is the best player. He will he elected captain because he holds all the trumps./ * /Freddy has a quarter… …
22hold all the trumps — {v. phr.} To have the best chance of winning; have all the advantages; have full control. * /Most of the team wants John for captain and he is the best player. He will he elected captain because he holds all the trumps./ * /Freddy has a quarter… …
23hold\ all\ the\ trumps — v. phr. To have the best chance of winning; have all the advantages; have full control. Most of the team wants John for captain and he is the best player. He will be elected captain because he holds all the trumps. Freddy has a quarter and I have …
24come up trumps — To say that someone has come up trumps means that they have achieved unexpectedly good results. Against all expectations, our team came up trumps in the cup final …
25come/turn up trumps — To say that someone has come up trumps means that they have achieved unexpectedly good results. Against all expectations, our team came up trumps in the cup final …
26come up up trumps — come up/turn up trumps British & Australian to complete an activity successfully or to produce a good result, especially when you were not expected to. John s uncle came up trumps and found us a place to stay at the last minute …
27come turn up trumps — come up/turn up trumps British & Australian to complete an activity successfully or to produce a good result, especially when you were not expected to. John s uncle came up trumps and found us a place to stay at the last minute …
28come up trumps — When someone is said to have come up trumps , they have completed an activity successfully or produced a good result, especially when they were not expected to …
29no-trumps — noun see no trump II * * * no trumpˈ or no trumpsˈ noun (bridge) A call for the playing of a hand without any trump suit adjective (no trump) suitable for or relating to playing without a trump suit • • • Main Entry: ↑no noˈ trumps A declaration… …
30come up trumps — come up/turn up/trumps british phrase to do what is necessary to succeed, especially when success did not seem likely At the last minute, Jean came up trumps and sorted everything out. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym Main entry …
