"put someone to their trumps" meaning in English

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Verb

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

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