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have the cards en · VERB

(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of have the cards in one's hands.
alt of have the cards in one's hands
- “I’m finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don’t have the cards,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. 2025 March 7, Andrew Roth, Luke Harding, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump says it is ‘easier’ to deal with Russia and Putin ‘wants to end the war’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Spelling	Features	Source
has the cards	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
having the cards	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
had the cards	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
had the cards	Tense=Past	lexicographic