Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have the cards

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: have the -cards
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Ellipsis of have the cards in one's hands.

Example Sentences

"“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."

Inflected Forms

has the cards (present, singular) having the cards (participle, present) had the cards (participle, past) had the cards (past)

Questions

What does have the cards mean?: Ellipsis of have the cards in one's hands.

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