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One-up synonyms

wŭn'ŭp'
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finesse
(Intransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
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  1. (Intransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
  2. To accomplish by the use of finesse.
  3. To evade or bypass (a problem, issue, etc.)
trump
To play a trump when a trump was not led
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  1. To play a trump when a trump was not led
  2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
  3. To play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby
Find another word for one-up. In this page you can discover 3 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for one-up, like: finesse, trump and win.

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  • He was the only one up there who had a lick of decency.

  • expressed it, "where a: Presbyterian and myself shall be like Castor and Pollux, the one up and the other down," and to which also a very meagre salary was attached.

  • The great influence of Jonas Hallgrimsson (1807-1845) is still felt, and his school was the reigning one up to the end of the 19th century, although then a change seemed to be in sight.

  • Betsy was the first one up in the morning, followed by Molly who required some explaining as to how she went to bed in one house and awoke in another!

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