trump card

trump card
/trump" kahrd'/ for 1; /trump" kahrd"/ for 2.
1. Cards. trump1 (def. 1a).
2. Informal. something that gives one person or group the advantage over another: The surprise witness was his trump card.
[1815-25]

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