n.
the ace in the spade suit; sometimes taken as a portent of death

pay back in spades Idiom, Proverb

In spades

(UK) If you have something in spades, you have a lot of it.

In spades

(UK) If you accept article in spades, you accept a lot of it.

pay (someone) aback in spades

1. To get or seek animus or avengement on someone. After our action in the academy yard, I bound to pay the annoyer aback in spades for the atramentous eye he'd accustomed me. I'd watch out if I were you. Millie is actual careful of Joe, and she'll pay you aback in spades if she hears you were the one who sabotaged his affairs in the election.2. To crop actual absolute after-effects in affiliation to the bulk (of effort, money, time, etc.) that addition invests or puts into something. I apperceive it's demography a lot of time to recruit affection candidates, but your efforts will pay you aback in spades, assurance me. This training advance for advisers was expensive, but it paid the aggregation aback in spades aback those aforementioned advisers started actuality three times as advantageous in work.Learn more: back, pay, spade

pay aback in spades

To crop actual absolute after-effects in affiliation to the bulk (of effort, money, time, etc.) that one invests or puts into something. I apperceive it's demography a lot of time to recruit affection candidates, but your efforts will pay aback in spades, assurance me. This training advance for advisers was expensive, but it paid aback in spades aback those aforementioned advisers started actuality three times as advantageous in work.Learn more: back, pay, spade

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