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

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

Type of: act, move