cards
UK /kɑːdz/US /kɑɹdz/
noun1
Phrases with cards
- give someone their cardsTo dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
- hand someone their cardsTo dismiss someone from employment; to fire or make redundant.
- hold the cardsTo be in a strong position, possessing significant advantages over someone else; to be in control of a situation involving multiple parties.
- house of cardsA structure made by stacking playing cards in a pyramidal fashion.
- in the cardsDestined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen.
- keep one's cards close to one's chestTo hold one's hand close to one's chest so that other players cannot see the cards.
- on the cardsLikely to occur, probable.
- play all one's cardsTo use all one's resources.
- play one's cards rightTo act correctly; to make the right moves.
- put one's cards on the tableTo reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.
- show one's cardsTo reveal something known to oneself but previously concealed from others, especially regarding one's own plans or resources.
- stack the cardsTo surreptitiously arrange something in order to gain an unfair advantage, or to alter an outcome