play cards

play (one's) cards

Informal

To use the resources or strategies at one's disposal: played her cards right and got promoted.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Baptista	-	Late Roman
ÁRon	AH-ron	Hungarian
Zosime	-	Ancient Greek
Claudie	klo-DEE	French
Ambridge	['æmbridʒ]
Francesca	frahn-CHES-kah (Italian)	Italian, Catalan