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to have something that you can use to gain an advantage (in a card
game the ace is often the most valuable card and a cheater could have an ace up his or her sleeve to use against an opponent)
The football players were ready to go on strike but the team owners had an ace their sleeve and offered more money and stopped the strike.
(UK) This is a cliched way of telling the driver of a vehicle to start driving. It is supposed to be an order to a chauffeur (a privately employed driver). The full phrase is 'Home, James, and don't spare the horses'.
look at someone in a way that makes it clear that you like
that person and find them attractive
look at someone in a way that makes it clear that you like that person and find them attractiveThe man became angry when he thought that his girlfriend was making eyes at someone else at the party.