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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

come up, trumps, crack it.



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I would say that 'come up' means 'end up' and 'trumps' means 'a winner'. Together, come up trumps simply means 'excel' or 'get excellent results'. The verb 'crack' is often used to mean 'solve' or decipher'.

  • I would say that 'come up' means 'end up' and 'trumps' means 'a winner'.
  • Together, come up trumps simply means 'excel' or 'get excellent results'.
  • The verb 'crack' is often used to mean 'solve' or decipher'.
  • So, in your context, 'crack it' is a reference to successfully solving/answering the the questions on the CAT 2007 exam.
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I would say that 'come up' means 'end up' and 'trumps' means 'a winner'. Together, come up trumps simply means 'excel' or 'get excellent results'.

The verb 'crack' is often used to mean 'solve' or decipher'. So, in your context, 'crack it' is a reference to successfully solving/answering the the questions on the CAT 2007 exam.
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G'day Gary,

To come up trumps is a saying based on card games like Whist in which one of the four suits is deemed to be trumps by the act of turning a random card face up on the table. A trump card is a card that will trump or beat any other suit or non-trump card.

If you have a hand that is strong in a particular suit and that suit is deemed to be trumps you will have a very po

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