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
Mojisola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Kyung-Sook	gyung-sook	Korean
Vivyan	VIV-ee-ən	English (Rare)
Meera	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Aengus	-	Irish
Webber	['webə]