AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE

Meaning of AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE in English

( BrE ) ( NAmE an ace in the ˈhole )

( informal ) a secret advantage, for example a piece of information or a skill, that you are ready to use if you need to

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AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE — an important card to play, an important fact to reveal To survive, one needs an ace up one's sleeve - …
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AN ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE — an important card to play, an important fact to reveal To survive, one needs an ace up one's sleeve - …
English Idioms vocabulary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLEEVE — I. ˈslēv noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English slefe, sleve, from Old English slīefe; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLEEVE — — sleevelike , adj. /sleev/ , n. , v. , sleeved, sleeving . n. 1. the part of a garment …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
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ACE — /ays/ , n. , v. , aced, acing , adj. n. 1. a playing card or die marked with or …
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UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
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ACE — I. ˈās noun Etymology: Middle English as, from Anglo-French, from Latin, unit, a copper coin Date: 14th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SLEEVE — noun a narrow channel of water. 2. sleeve ·noun ·see sleave, untwisted thread. 3. sleeve ·noun a long bushing or …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
ACE — noun hence: a very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. 2. ace ·noun a unit; a …
Webster English vocab
SLEEVE — [sleeve] n [ME sleve, fr. OE sliefe; perh. akin to OE slefan to slip (clothes) on, slupan to slip, OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACE — [ace] n [ME as, fr. MF, fr. L, unit, a copper coin] (14c) 1 a: a die face marked with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
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ACE — / eɪs; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. a playing card with a large single symbol on it, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLEEVE — sleeve /sliːv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sliefe ] 1 . the part of a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ACE — I. ace 1 /eɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: as , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLEEVE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ACE — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a playing-card, domino, etc., with a single spot and generally having the value 'one' …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLEEVE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ACE — n. & adj. n. 1 a a playing-card, domino, etc., with a single spot and generally having the value 'one' …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLEEVE
Oxford English vocab
ACE — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a playing-card, domino, etc., with a single spot and generally having the value 'one' …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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SLEEVE — ( sleeves) 1. The sleeves of a coat, shirt, or other item of clothing are the parts that cover your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACE — ( aces) 1. An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the …
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SLEEVE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coat sleeve ▪ The small boy was pulling at his mother's coat sleeve. COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB hold ▪ I knew that, in the cold light of day, he held …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
SLEEVE — (PROTECTIVE COVER) [noun] [C] [esp. UK] - a protective cover(UK) Can you put the record back in its sleeve (US …
Cambridge English vocab
ACE — [adjective] [not gradable] [dated] [slang]He's an ace footballer.That's an ace (= excellent) bike you've got there.
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLEEVE — See: CARD UP ONE'S SLEEVE, LAUGH UP ONE'S SLEEVE or LAUGH IN ONE'S SLEEVE, ROLL UP ONE'S SLEEVES, UP ONE'S …
Slang English vocab
ACE — n 1. a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; HOMIE, BOY. Also ace boon coon. ("Derek used to be …
Slang English vocab
SLEEVE — noun 1 piece of clothing that covers arm ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ left , right ▪ full , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ACE — I. noun 1 playing card 2 winning first hit in tennis VERB + ACE ▪ serve ▪ Nadal has served …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
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