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
Mahmud	-	Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Manana	-	Georgian
Jones	[dʒəunz]
Barabal	-	Scottish
Jagadish	-	Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Antelmo	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian