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hold all the cards
Definition
› to be in a strong position when you are competing with someone else, because you have all the advantages: Management holds all the cards when it comes to the negotiations over job cuts.Advantage and disadvantage
(Definition of hold all the cards from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction noun
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- have sth going for you idiom
- have sth on your side idiom
- have the inside track idiom
- have the odds/cards stacked against you idiom
- head start noun
- lever noun (ADVANTAGE)
- mileage noun (ADVANTAGE)
- minus noun (DISADVANTAGE)
- penalty noun (DISADVANTAGE)
- preference noun
- privilege noun
- privileged adjective
- racing start noun
- saving grace noun
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