Trump your coronavirus anxiety with positive activities

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GoodTaste

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During social distancing, one of the best ways to keep healthy is to trump your coronavirus anxiety with positive activities.

Source: Me (I am trying to make a sentence)

Is the collocation "trump...anxiety" correct in English?
 

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It's often not a question of 'correctness' with vocabulary.

I think there are countless better verbs you could use. If you want some suggestions, try to explain to us exactly what you mean.
 

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It is natural that you are anxious during the novel coronavirus. But you can outdo the anxiety with positive activities such exercise, writing, communicating with people via video...
 

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mitigate
negate
lessen
 

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distract yourself from?
 

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Is the use of "trump" intended to imply a double meaning, considering the name of a certain person?
 

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If it isn't, you should think about avoiding the word for the next 5 years.
 

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