keep something up your sleeve Idiom

keep something up your sleeve

keep something hidden for later: "We've been negotiating my new pay and conditions, but I've kept the other job offer up my sleeve for the time being."

have (something) up (one's) sleeve

To accept a abstruse plan, idea, or advantage that can be activated if and back it is required. A advertence to cheating at a agenda bold by ambuscade a favorable agenda up one's sleeve. I accept a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to accompany acknowledged activity adjoin me. She has all the capacity of their arrant business practices up her sleeve if they anytime try to blaze her.Learn more: have, sleeve, up

keep (something) up (one's) sleeve

To accumulate something, such as a plan or advantage, in abstruse so it can be activated if and back it is required. A advertence to cheating at a agenda bold by ambuscade a favorable agenda up one's sleeve. What the added runners don't apperceive is that I've kept an ace up my sleeve for this race—my stamina. I've been befitting a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to accompany acknowledged activity adjoin me.Learn more: keep, sleeve, up

have article up your sleeve

COMMON If you have article up your sleeve, you accept a abstruse abstraction or plan which you can use to accretion an advantage over added people. Paterson had addition plan up his sleeve, however. If that failed, he had one final ambush up his sleeve. We would delay to see what Bill had up his sleeve. Note: You can additionally aloof allocution about something, such as a plan or a trick, that is up someone's sleeve. The administrator insisted his aggregation will use every ambush up their sleeve to defeat their rivals. Note: The expressions have an ace up your sleeve and have a agenda up your sleeve beggarly the same. He consistently seems to accept an ace up his sleeve to accord with these kinds of situations. Even his critics accept that he seems consistently to accept a agenda up his sleeve. Note: If addition capital to bluff at cards, they could adumbrate a acceptable agenda up their sleeve to use at an adapted time. Learn more: have, sleeve, something, up

have/keep article up your ˈsleeve

(informal) accept a acceptable idea, plan or allotment of advice which you are not cogent anyone about now, but which you intend to use later: John was animated to himself all through the meeting; I’m abiding he’s got article up his sleeve.Learn more: have, keep, sleeve, something, up

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to not have a good word to say about someone a word in your ear to not mince your words to have words to get a word in edgeways keep something under your hat take your hat off to someone tied to his mother's apron strings keep something up your sleeve all talk no trousers pull your socks up it will blow your socks off pants get something under your belt keep sight of somebody/something keep smiling keep somebody amused keep somebody at arm's length keep somebody company keep somebody going keep somebody guessing keep somebody on their toes keep somebody posted keep somebody sweet keep somebody waiting keep somebody's seat, etc. warm keep someone at arm's length keep someone dangling keep someone in the dark keep someone on the hop keep someone or something at arm's length keep someone posted keep someone sweet keep something dark keep something from (someone) keep something in proportion keep something to yourself keep something under wraps keep something under your hat keep something up your sleeve keep something warm for someone keep something, stay, etc. under wraps keep something/someone at bay keep step keep still keep still (about something) keep stum keep tab keep tabs on keep tabs on (someone or something) keep tabs on somebody/something keep tabs on someone/something keep taking the tablets keep telling yourself that keep temper keep the act up keep the ball rolling keep the ball rolling, to keep the faith Keep the faith baby! Keep the faith! keep the flag flying keep the home fires burning keep the lid on (something) keep the lid on something

keep something up your sleeve Idiom