"Uno reverse card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Uno reverse cards [plural]
Etymology: From the popular card game Uno, which includes a "reverse card" that flips the direction of play. First used in the idiomatic sense around 2018. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Uno reverse card (plural Uno reverse cards)
  1. (figuratively, humorous) A notional card that can suddenly reverse a situation when played. Wikipedia link: Uno (card game) Tags: figuratively, humorous
    Sense id: en-Uno_reverse_card-en-noun-V1xS25e~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2021 August 29, Sebastian High, “Montreal Canadiens: Kotkaniemi Offersheet Puts Habs Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, in A Winning Habit",
          "text": "The Habs could of course match the offer and work on an 8-year deal for Kotkaniemi to sign in the next year, which would have always come in at a figure above $6 million. But Marc Bergevin could pull out the Uno reverse card to the Hurricanes Uno reverse card and not match the offer, leaving them in the tricky situation of paying four centremen over $4.75 million a year and just taking the compensation and hope that the Canes miss the playoffs.",
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          "text": "Many viewers criticized @msmabelmartinez for seemingly not being familiar with how much liquid a cocktail should contain. […] Others remarked that the TikToker was hit with an Uno reverse card of sorts, as it appeared that she was trying to put the restaurant on blast. \"Comment section isn’t going the way you thought it would,\" one claimed.",
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