turn up trumps (English, verb)
expansion: turn up trumps (third-person singular simple present turns up trumps, present participle turning up trumps, simple past and past participle turned up trumps)
Senses:
glosses: To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: turns up trumps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: turning up trumps
tags: participle
present
form: turned up trumps
tags: participle
past
form: turned up trumps
tags: past
form: come up trumps
tags: alternative