up one's sleeve
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Of course, as Mr. Guttman well knows, it pays to have a few tricks up one’s sleeve.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2016
Who we are being so many hard facts held like candies or coins, just up one’s sleeve — one’s father, one’s mother, all the things that might quaintly be termed one’s station.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
That card one has always, thank God, up one's sleeve, and the production of it is only a question of a little shake of the arm.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
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