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
Dempsey	['dempsi:]
Gladys	['glædis]
Cyrillus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
LÉOnne	-	French
BorbÁLa	-	Hungarian
Iman	-	Arabic, Persian, Indonesian