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Also, hold all the trumps . Be in a winning position, as in We can't argue with Jeff; he holds all the aces , or If Jean refuses, he'll reveal that he holds all the trumps and force her to give in . These expressions allude to card games in which the ace or a trump card outranks all the others. Also see play one's cards right ; trump card .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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