trump cardnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈtrʌmp ˌkɑːd/us/ˈtrʌmp ˌkɑːrd/an advantage that makes you more likely to succeed than other people, especially something that other people do not know about:
Anthea was about to play her trump card - without her signature none of the money could be released.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- piggyback
- profit
- profit from sth
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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