Idiom
stack the cards
Meaning
To surreptitiously arrange something in order to gain an unfair advantage, or to alter an outcome
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They stacked the cards to win the game.”
“The company stacked the cards against new employees by changing the contract rules without warning.”
“By controlling the media and limiting the opposition's access to funding, the regime effectively stacked the cards to ensure a favorable election result.”
Examples
simple
“They stacked the cards to win the game.”
contextual
“The company stacked the cards against new employees by changing the contract rules without warning.”
complex
“By controlling the media and limiting the opposition's access to funding, the regime effectively stacked the cards to ensure a favorable election result.”
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