trumping
- n (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
- v produce a sound as if from a trumpet
- v get the better of
- v play a trump
- v proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- In some sense in America, certainly an argument about autonomy and people making their own choices can end up trumping anything else.
- Judging someone to be either "warm" or "cold" is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a "cold" person may be more competent.
- Armed with critical victories in Ohio and Florida, the President got more votes than he did in 2000, with moral values trumping the economy as a prime issue.