Uno reverse card

Uno reverse card noun: a notional card that can suddenly reverse a situation when played.

Noun

Uno reverse card (plural Uno reverse cards)

(figuratively, humorous) A notional card that can suddenly reverse a situation when played.
- The Habs could of course match the offer and work on an 8-year deal for Kotkaniemi to sign in the next year, which would have always come in at a figure above $6 million. But Marc Bergevin could pull out the Uno reverse card to the Hurricanes Uno reverse card and not match the offer, leaving them...2021 August 29, Sebastian High, “Montreal Canadiens: Kotkaniemi Offersheet Puts Habs Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, in A Winning Habit
- PC games are slowly, but surely, becoming more mobile, with the likes of Valve’s Steam Deck and Razer’s cloud handheld making portable big-budget gaming a possibility. Yet, at the Game Awards 2022, Google played an Uno reverse card, as the company revealed it’s bringing mobile games to gaming PCs...2021 December 10, Phil Hayton, “Google Play could turn your Windows rig into an Android gaming PC in 2022”, in PCGamesN

plural	Uno reverse cards

From the popular card game Uno, which includes a "reverse card" that flips the direction of play. First used in the idiomatic sense around 2018.

What does Uno reverse card mean?: Uno reverse card means a notional card that can suddenly reverse a situation when played.
What part of speech is Uno reverse card?: Uno reverse card is a noun.
What is the plural of Uno reverse card?: The plural of Uno reverse card is Uno reverse cards.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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