Idiom
trick up one's sleeve
Meaning
Synonym of ace up one's sleeve.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has a trick up his sleeve for the game.”
“The team was losing, but the coach had one more trick up his sleeve to win the match.”
“Although the negotiations seemed to reach a stalemate, the diplomat revealed a final trick up his sleeve that shifted the entire outcome in their favor.”
Examples
simple
“He has a trick up his sleeve for the game.”
contextual
“The team was losing, but the coach had one more trick up his sleeve to win the match.”
complex
“Although the negotiations seemed to reach a stalemate, the diplomat revealed a final trick up his sleeve that shifted the entire outcome in their favor.”
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