in reserve

1. Kept back, set aside, or saved. For example, We have a fair amount of cash in reserve, or The coach decided to keep the best player in reserve until the last quarter. [Late 1600s]

Example Sentences

"I knew it was really good, but the rest of the song wasn't right, so I kept it in reserve until the right time."

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It needed a vaccine for bird flu that could be kept in reserve, but also deployed quickly in case the virus — which currently can only jump from animals to humans — evolves to spread directly from person to person.

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And Cartwright, a retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former commander of United States nuclear forces, endorsed a 2012 report by Global Zero arguing that nuclear deterrence could be maintained with a far smaller U.S. nuclear arsenal of 900 total warheads, versus the current stockpile of thousands of them, either deployed or in reserve.

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He added that the “utilization rate” of the National Guard troops was only about 5%, meaning only that percentage was actively engaged with duties while the rest were held in reserve.

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But the show illuminates how she is at her most alluring when vulnerability is in reserve.

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