Idiom
play all one's cards
Meaning
To use all one's resources.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have to play all my cards to win this game.”
“The company played all its cards to finish the project before the deadline.”
“Faced with an impossible situation, the negotiator played all his cards in a final attempt to reach a peaceful agreement.”
Examples
simple
“I have to play all my cards to win this game.”
contextual
“The company played all its cards to finish the project before the deadline.”
complex
“Faced with an impossible situation, the negotiator played all his cards in a final attempt to reach a peaceful agreement.”
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