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- up (one's) sleeve
up (one's) sleeve
up (one's) sleeve
Of a plan or advantage, kept in secret so it can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one's sleeve My stamina is the ace up my sleeve for this race—the other runners don't stand a chance! I've got a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to pursue legal action against me.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Hakim | | - | Arabic |
Arnaude | | ar-NOD | French (Rare) |
Sampo | | SAHM-po (Finnish) | Finnish, Finnish Mythology |
Trent | | [trent] | |
Madhavi | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi |
Griogair | | - | Scottish |