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
Icarus	IK-ə-rəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Ludo	-	Dutch
Lim	-	Chinese
Imaculada	-	Portuguese
Shad (2)	SHAD	English
Davorka	-	Croatian, Serbian