ace in the hole
Synonym of ace up one's sleeve.
Our ace in the hole left our opponents stupefied; it isn't every day that an NBA star plays street basketball.
ace
/eɪs/
noun 11name 7verb 4adj 2
Collocations
2(noun.) winning first hit in tennis
VERB + ACE
serve
The tennis player served an ace on match point to win the championship.
(noun.) person who is very good at sth
ADJ
fighter, flying, goal, motorcycle, soccer, tennis
Definitions
noun
1
A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
2
A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
3
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
Ace in the corner.
4
A dollar bill.
[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.
If they got too many aces (dollar bills) or fives or tens, they turned them in to the vault where they became part of the reserve.
5
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.
I'LL not wag an ace farther: The whole World ſhall not bribe me to it;
verb
1
To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
2
To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
3
To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
4
To make an ace (hole in one).
adj
1
Excellent.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
verb — succeed at easily
adjective — of the highest quality
- a-one
- crack
- first-rate
- super
- tiptop
- topnotch
- top-notch
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
within ames ace
Nearly, very near.
[…]The possibility that he might prefer the excitement of such an adventure to an expedition into Yorkshire did occur to the Major, but he discarded it: Richmond had been within am
ace up one's sleeve
A surprise advantage of which others are not aware.
SCP-7450 is an apocalyptic scenario where the Foundation has to resort to an ace up their sleeves and belief in a higher power solves the problem, but not in the way anyone would e
within an ace of
Very near; on the point of.
[The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.
bate an ace
To make the least abatement or reduction.
Example Bank
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You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think
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Ace in the corner.
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[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.
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"Some people who identify as ace fall under the GLBT umbrella while many others do not. Members of the queer movement have reached out to asexuals to include them in their community. The acronym for t
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“I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was
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“If you identify as ace [asexual] and you just don’t feel like having sex, then for me, sex-positive means, ‘That’s great! It’s fantastic you don’t want to have sex!’” says McGown.
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