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                           Phrase(s): play one’s trump card 1. Lit. [in certain card games] to play a card that, according to the rules of the game, outranks certain other cards and is thus able to take any card of another suit.  •  Bob played his trump card and ended the game as the winner. 2. Fig. to use a special trick; to use one’s most powerful or effective strategy or device.  •  I won’t play my trump card until I have tried everything else.  •  I thought that the whole situation was hopeless until Mary played her trump card and solved the whole problem.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs