card up one's sleeve
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Definition of card up one's sleeve words
- noun card up one's sleeve a plan or resource kept secret or held in reserve 3
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card up one's sleeve popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for card up one's sleeve
noun card up one's sleeve
- reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- ace in the hole — Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
- recourse — access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
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