trumped

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past simple and past participle of

If you trump another player's card, you beat it with a card that belongs to the group of cards that has been chosen to have the highest value in the game you are playing.

to beat someone or something by doing or producing something better:

Their $60 million bid for the company was trumped at the last moment by an offer for almost twice as much from their main competitor.