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up one's sleeves

up one's sleeves is the alternative form of up one's sleeve.

Meaning of up one's sleeve

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Hidden and ready to be produced as needed; in reserve.
    • I have tried everything I can think of, and I don't have anything more up my sleeve.

Questions about up one's sleeves

What is up one's sleeves the alternative form of?
Up one's sleeves is the alternative form of up one's sleeve.

Words near up one's sleeves in the dictionary

  1. up on
  2. up on one's ear
  3. up one's game
  4. up one's own ass
  5. up one's sleeve
  6. up one's sleeves
  7. up oneself
  8. up or out
  9. up poo creek
  10. up quark
  11. up quarks

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