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Definition of ace up someone's sleeve
ace up (one's) sleeve
- a secret advantage.
John is not usually the kind of guy who always helps others. The other day when he all of a sudden agreed to drop me home, I figured that he has an ace up his sleeve.
Last edited on Jan 03 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'ace': | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: Best friend | |
| Definitions include: a best friend. | |
| Definitions include: a best friend. | |
| Definitions include: Three | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: great. | |
Other terms relating to 'sleeve': | |
| Definitions include: yet unrevealed techniques to solve a problem. | |
| Definitions include: See cards up (one's) sleeve. | |
| Definitions include: a tattoo that covers all or much of a person's arm. | |
| Definitions include: to be unable to conceal one's affections. | |
| Definitions include: Female gentalia with a particularly generous labia. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
| Definitions include: to beat someone until they enter the fetal position (their body forming a tight ball.) | |
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