"turn up trumps" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-turn up trumps.ogg [Australia] Forms: turns up trumps [present, singular, third-person], turning up trumps [participle, present], turned up trumps [participle, past], turned up trumps [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn up trumps (third-person singular simple present turns up trumps, present participle turning up trumps, simple past and past participle turned up trumps)
  1. (idiomatic) To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: come up trumps Related terms: come up roses
    Sense id: en-turn_up_trumps-en-verb-4bC-~RIF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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