Definition of havin' cards up your sleeve

have cards up (one's) sleeve

verb

• See cards up (one's) sleeve.

                                                      
  
  Citation from "Good Advices", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'card':
card	Definitions include: to ask for a person's identification (e.g. driver's license) for proof of age.
card-carrying	Definitions include: enthusiastic.
card shark	Definitions include: a person who is good at card games.
cards up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: yet unrevealed techniques to solve a problem.
in the cards	Definitions include: destined to be.
Oklahoma credit card	Definitions include: tubing used to siphon gasoline.
(one's) dance card is full	Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation.
play with a full deck of cards	Definitions include: to be at least mentally average.
v-card	Definitions include: one's virginity
wild card	Definitions include: an uncertain thing.
Other terms relating to 'have':
did Rose Kennedy have a black frock?	Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'."
every cloud has a silver lining.	Definitions include: for every bad thing that happens, there's something positive about it.
GLHF	Definitions include: acronym for "good luck, have fun".
HAGS	Definitions include: acronym for "have a great summer".
HAND	Definitions include: acronym for "Have a nice day."
has-been	Definitions include: a person who was once famous or successful, but is no longer.
hasbian	Definitions include: a person who has been a lesbian but now lives a heterosexual lifestyle.
have	Definitions include: to take advantage of.
have a ball	Definitions include: to have a ball, e.g. a great time.
have a beef	Definitions include: to have a a problem or grudge with someone.
have a big mouth	Definitions include: to reveal information that one shouldn't.
have a big ol' vag	Definitions include: a promiscuous woman.
have a black belt in	Definitions include: to be very skilled in a particular area.
have a blast	Definitions include: See blast.
have a bone to pick	Definitions include: to have a grudge to discuss.
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Other terms relating to 'sleeve':
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
cards up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: yet unrevealed techniques to solve a problem.
sleeve	Definitions include: a tattoo that covers all or much of a person's arm.
wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: to be unable to conceal one's affections.
wizard sleeve	Definitions include: Female gentalia with a particularly generous labia.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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