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Verb: come up trumps
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Attain success or reach a desired goal
    - succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon [informal], deliver the goods, turn up trumps [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: comes up trumps, come up trumps, came up trumps, coming up trumps