All ace up one's sleeve synonyms
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A a noun ace up one's sleeve
- reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- card up one's sleeve — a plan or resource kept secret or held in reserve
- 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.
- trump — a trumpet.
- upper hand — the dominating or controlling position; advantage: to have the upper hand in the fight.
- leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.