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View definitions for card up one's sleeve

card up one's sleeve

noun as in ace in the hole

Weak matches

noun as in last resort

Weak matches

noun as in trump card

Strong match

Weak matches

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His meditated revenge on the prisoners would keep—there was nothing like having a card up one's sleeve.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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