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put cards on the table

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put (all) your cards on the table

also lay your cards on the table

to truthfully explain what you know or think I could only put my cards on the table and say I don't know what happened to this child.

Etymology: based on the idea of showing other players your cards in a card game

See also: card, on, put, table