cards

cards
n.

1) to play cards

2) to cut; deal; shuffle the cards

3) playing cards

4) (misc.) to stack the cards ('to prearrange conditions to one's own advantage') to hold all the cards ('to be in a strong negotiating position'); to be in (AE), on (BE) the cards ('to be destined by fate')

* * *
shuffle the cards
on (BE) the cards ('to be destined by fate')
to be in (AE)
playing cards
to cut
to play cards
(misc.) to stack the cards ('to prearrange conditions to one's own advantage') to hold all the cards ('to be in a strong negotiating position')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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