Meaning & use
in spades
To a very great degree; abundantly, used to emphasize that something is true in large measure.
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The team had talent in spades, but they still needed to learn how to work together.
After months of practice, her confidence returned in spades.
A note on using this word
In spades comes from card games, where spades is the highest-ranking suit in certain bidding games, giving the phrase its sense of maximum degree.
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abundantlygreatly
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