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
Annamaria	-	Italian
Hendrik	HEN-drik (Dutch, German)	Dutch, German, Estonian
Salter	['sɔ:ltə]
Hilja	HEEL-yah	Finnish
Bloom	[blu:m]
Elijah	i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English)	English, Hebrew, Biblical