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in spades
spade 1 S0599500 (spād)n.1. A sturdy digging tool having a thick handle and a heavy, flat blade that can be pressed into the ground with the foot.2. Any of various similar digging or cutting tools.tr.v. spad·ed, spad·ing, spades To dig or cut with a spade.Idiom: call a spade a spade To speak plainly and forthrightly.
[Middle English, from Old English spadu.]
spad′er n.
spade 2 S0599500 (spād)n.1. Games a. A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards.b. A playing card with this figure.c. also spades(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.Idiom: in spades To a considerable degree: They had financial trouble in spades.
[Italian spade, pl. of spada, card suit, from Latin spatha, sword, broad-bladed stirrer, from Greek spathē, broad blade.]Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | in spades - without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win"by all odds, decidedly, definitely, emphatically, unquestionably |
in spades
in spadesIn large quantity or to an extreme degree. A con artist needs charm, and she had it in spades. This campaign has had drama in spades, but not much discussion of the issues.See also: spadein spadesin the best or most extreme way possible; extravagantly. He flunked the test in spades. He succeeded at life in spades—honors degree, great career, rich wife, lovely children, and early retirement.See also: spadein spadesConsiderably, in the extreme; also, without restraint. For example, They were having money problems, in spades, or Jan told him what he really thought of him, in spades. This expression alludes to spades as the highest-ranking suit in various card games, such as bridge, and transfers "highest" to other extremes. [Colloquial; 1920s] See also: spadein spades COMMON1. If you have something in spades, you have a lot of it. The job required determination and ambition — and she had both qualities in spades.2. If something happens in spades, it happens to a great degree. All this effort has paid off in spades.See also: spadein spades to a very high degree; as much as or more than could be desired. informal This expression derives from the fact that spades are the highest-ranking suit in the card game bridge. 1996 Time Out Wit, vitality, heart, story-telling flair: the movie has each in spades. See also: spadein ˈspades (informal) in large amounts or to a great degree: He’d got his revenge now, and in spades. Spades are one of the four kinds of playing cards. They are the highest cards in the game of bridge.See also: spadein spades mod. in the best way possible; extravagantly. He flunked the test in spades. See also: spade in spades To a considerable degree: They had financial trouble in spades.See also: spadein spades
Related to in spades: pushing up the daisiesSynonyms for in spadesadv without question and beyond doubtSynonyms- by all odds
- decidedly
- definitely
- emphatically
- unquestionably
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