overtrump
overuff

If a player must trump but cannot overtrump, they can play any trump.

The player's partner is implicitly expected to continue playing this suit so that the player can overtrump.

Harry believed The Shadow could overtrump that play.

Typically, he considers himself the main hero, and in particular the "brains", since he can't possibly overtrump Jethro when it comes to physical power (and as it frequently turns out, not in the intellectual department either!)

If a plain suit lead has been trumped by the second player and the third player is also cannot follow suit, then the third player is obliged to overtrump if possible or otherwise play a lower trump if possible.

"The vast majority of women I dress at least give lip service that they do not want to overtrump the bride," said Vera Wang, the doyenne of lavish New York weddings, who sells her body-skimming evening wear to many mothers of the bride.

A Pinochle-based variant, if a player cannot follow suit, but can beat a Spade already played as trump (when a Spade was not led), he must play the "overtrump".

Playing the first trump to an already-started trick is known as trumping or ruffing; if another player were to play a higher trump, that would be an overruff or overtrump.