C2idiominformalsuccessIELTS-friendly
come up trumps
USUK
to succeed or help unexpectedly, especially when people needed it
British, from card games, where a trump card beats the others. American English says 'come through'.
In context
The quiet new player came up trumps with two goals in the final.
I needed a room in Hue for Tet, and my cousin came up trumps.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again