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trump card

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trump card
n.
1. Games A card in the trump suit, held in reserve for winning a trick.
2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment; a trump: "[They] seem determined to use the agreement as a trump card to obtain ... all the advantages they feel they deserve" Christian Science Monitor.
trump card
Noun
1. any card from the suit that ranks higher than any other suit in one particular game
2. an advantage, weapon, etc., that is kept in reserve until needed: the President hoped to use his experience of foreign affairs as a trump card in the election Also called: (trump)
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Noun1.trump cardtrump card - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"
trump
playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
Translations
Spanish trump card n → triunfo;
(fig) → baza
French trump card n → atout m (fig); carte maîtresse f
Italian trump card n → atout m inv;
(fig) → asso nella manica
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Joan Durbeyfield always managed to find consolation somewhere: "Well, as one of the genuine stock, she ought to make her way with 'en, if she plays her trump card aright.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
He dared not use his pistol for fear that once they discovered its power he would be overcome by weight of numbers and relieved of possession of what he considered his trump card, to be reserved until the last moment that it might be used to aid in his escape, for already the Englishman was planning, though almost hopelessly, such an attempt.
Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
At that moment des Lupeaulx, coming leisurely downstairs to breakfast with the minister, was asking himself whether, before playing a trump card for the husband, it might not be prudent to probe the wife's heart and make sure of a reward for his devotion.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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