Dig someone out of a hole, or do something that turns the tide and turns the situation into a success, particularly at the last minute and when unexpected, with all hope lost.
Same as come through for someone in the clutch, only an older phrase, and more precise, better conveying the sense of "in the nick of time", and "unexpected".
Look at it like this- played out action movie scenario: there are three guys fighting. 2 vs 1. One of them gets knocked out cold, and then the guy that knocked him out pulls out a gun and is about to finish off the other guy. Just when he is about to pull the trigger and send him to kingdom come, he gets hit in the head/ shot in the back etc by someone, and we see that someone is the guy who was out cold.
He came up trumps.
Same as come through for someone in the clutch, only an older phrase, and more precise, better conveying the sense of "in the nick of time", and "unexpected".
Look at it like this- played out action movie scenario: there are three guys fighting. 2 vs 1. One of them gets knocked out cold, and then the guy that knocked him out pulls out a gun and is about to finish off the other guy. Just when he is about to pull the trigger and send him to kingdom come, he gets hit in the head/ shot in the back etc by someone, and we see that someone is the guy who was out cold.
He came up trumps.
My old junker broke down and left me stranded in the middle of nowhere, but this guy came up trumps and gave me a ride.
#come up trumps
This bully started pushing me around, but Daniel came up trumps just when I was about to get my ass kicked big time, and took him down a few pegs.
#come up trumps
This bully started pushing me around, but Daniel came up trumps just when I was about to get my ass kicked big time, and took him down a few pegs.
by Barzagli September 22, 2017
Get the Come up trumpsmug. by Bikerbiz August 14, 2018
Get the TRUMP CHANGEmug. by BlipBlap128Bit October 27, 2020
Get the Trumpingmug. “trump looks like an orange”
“i need to take a picture of his tan, and show it to the guy who sprays my fucking deck”
“i need to take a picture of his tan, and show it to the guy who sprays my fucking deck”
by greyst4r September 1, 2023
Get the trumpmug. 
The key is you don't know H00 is on the BOTTOM and the TRUMP EXTRICATION is an education for all as getting that TRUMP CARD well you are generally going to win the WAGER and furthermore the EXTRICITY of this FUCKING MATTER as the APPRENTICE will always win big if they keep pushing themselves even with HEAVIER BURDENS than most as there is nothing MOROSE or FUNERAK RELATED if you shut everybody in this SEXUALIZATION ROOM as the TRUMP EXTRICATION is the big game we all like to play as CULL IT oh my GOD you got all our LEGS as I say good job GARY BREWER you are and not to forget to mention VINCENT ERNEST LOPEZ as well I am a good sport as your ONE UPMANSHIP is leaving at the next port for us to follow all your FUCKING SEXTIMENTS.
by RECTAL INSIGHT September 16, 2022
Get the TRUMP EXTRICATIONmug. In addition to being used as a defence mechanism against Pro Trump supporters for telling anti- Trumpers that they have “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” it is far worse than Covid 19, in that there is no known cure for it except using group intervention, deprogramming via electro shock therapy and as a last resort, full frontal labotomy.
Ruby Ellers got called out by her ex-BF Angie Walz as having been infected with Trump 16 Mad Cow Virus after Ruby told Angie that she’s got Trump Derangement Syndrome. Angie & her friends had tried group intervention, but to no avail. So now Angie & her friends are hoping to have Ruby deprogrammed via electro shock therapy. If this doesn’t work, then Angie will call the men in white coats to take poor Ruby away and having Nurse Ratchet and her fellow neurosurgeons perform a full frontal labotomy instead.
by Sanity Crusader August 5, 2022
Get the Trump 16 Mad Cow Virusmug.