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turn up trumps (third-person singular simple present turns up trumps, present participle turning up trumps, simple past and past participle turned up trumps)
- (idiomatic) To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.
- Antonyms: come to nothing, come to nought, (slang, vulgar) die in the ass, (slang, vulgar) go to shit
1915, Ford Madox Hueffer [i.e., Ford Madox Ford], chapter V, in The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, →OCLC; republished Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1972 (1982 printing), →ISBN, part I, page 62:So nearly all her investment turned up trumps, and Edward was really in fit case to reopen Branshaw Manor and once more to assume his position in the county.
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