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IN SPADES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does in spades mean?
• IN SPADES (adverb)
The adverb IN SPADES has 1 sense:
1. without question and beyond doubt
Familiarity information: IN SPADES used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without question and beyond doubt
Synonyms:
by all odds; decidedly; definitely; emphatically; in spades; unquestionably
Context example:
by all odds they should win
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