play cards



play (one's) cards

Informal
To use the resources or strategies at one's disposal: played her cards right and got promoted.
See also: card, play

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Annamaria-Italian
HendrikHEN-drik (Dutch, German)Dutch, German, Estonian
Salter['sɔ:ltə]
HiljaHEEL-yahFinnish
Bloom[blu:m]
Elijahi-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English)English, Hebrew, Biblical