trump
verb [ T ]
uk/trʌmp/ usto beat another person or organization by doing or producing something even better:
The French share offer trumps the offer from the American company.
Their bid to take over the company was trumped by a US private equity firm.
if something trumps something else, it is considered to be more important:
Financial pressures trumped HR concerns and led to the dismissal of 200 staff.
come up/turn up trumps
to produce a good result, especially when this is not expected:
They finally came up trumps with a new product line and some healthy profits.
The bank came up trumps and he got his loan.
Phrasal verb
trump up sth/trump sth up