"have the cards in one's hands" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has the cards in one's hands [present, singular, third-person], having the cards in one's hands [participle, present], had the cards in one's hands [participle, past], had the cards in one's hands [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> the cards in one's hands}} have the cards in one's hands (third-person singular simple present has the cards in one's hands, present participle having the cards in one's hands, simple past and past participle had the cards in one's hands)
  1. To have the initiative for or the means of success, to be in a position to control the outcome.
    Sense id: en-have_the_cards_in_one's_hands-en-verb-qfyeW8B3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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          "ref": "1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:",
          "text": "Gogs bloud Iacke, haue we the cards in our hands?\nLets take it vpon vs while we haue it.",
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