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cards
/ kɑːdz /
noun
- usually functioning as singular
- any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards
- the playing of such a game
- an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer
- get one's cardsto be told to leave one's employment
- on the cardspossible or likely US equivalentin the cards
- play one's cardsto carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right )
- put one's cards on the table or lay one's cards on the table or show one's cardsto declare one's intentions, resources, etc
Example Sentences
Old people are talking about him as they play cards or mahjong.
Stream House of Cards and other Netflix originals right from the Hopper.
Moraca pointed to another form of return fraud, involving gift cards.
Gift cards are sold at kiosks in shopping malls or even websites that catering to this exchange market.
Giving out go-to-reeferville free cards is not exactly their M.O.
He invites various players to make the cards; this is done in rather a perfunctory manner.
Then the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.
But "the cards never forgive," and as a rule Dame Fortune is relentless to the reckless player.
They were walking down a corridor, and Miss Thangue was peering through her lorgnette at the cards on the doors.
The Professor put down his cards without a word, and left the room, going straight upstairs.
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