"put someone to their trumps" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: puts someone to their trumps [present, singular, third-person], putting someone to their trumps [participle, present], put someone to their trumps [participle, past], put someone to their trumps [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> someone to their trumps}} put someone to their trumps (third-person singular simple present puts someone to their trumps, present participle putting someone to their trumps, simple past and past participle put someone to their trumps)
  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To put someone in a difficult situation. Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put_someone_to_their_trumps-en-verb-zhIx79Nj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter VI, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 57:",
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          "text": "I am still without any blanks from you, or notes, to renew yours at the different Banks in this City, I to day was put to my trumps completely as to the $4,000 at the Farmers Bank, the directors not being willing to take any other note but yours for its renewal, as it would relieve the security you have given me as an endorser on it;",
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