"deal a good hand" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: deals a good hand [present, singular, third-person], dealing a good hand [participle, present], dealt a good hand [participle, past], dealt a good hand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|deal<,,dealt> a good hand}} deal a good hand (third-person singular simple present deals a good hand, present participle dealing a good hand, simple past and past participle dealt a good hand)
  1. (idiomatic) To assign favorable circumstances in life to someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-deal_a_good_hand-en-verb-I7wjMqyu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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