"deal a bad hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: deals a bad hand [present, singular, third-person], dealing a bad hand [participle, present], dealt a bad hand [participle, past], dealt a bad hand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|deal<,,dealt> a bad hand}} deal a bad hand (third-person singular simple present deals a bad hand, present participle dealing a bad hand, simple past and past participle dealt a bad hand)
  1. (idiomatic) To assign unfavorable circumstances in life to someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-deal_a_bad_hand-en-verb-G3akTmr~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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