"hold all the cards" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: holds all the cards [present, singular, third-person], holding all the cards [participle, present], held all the cards [participle, past], held all the cards [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> all the cards}} hold all the cards (third-person singular simple present holds all the cards, present participle holding all the cards, simple past and past participle held all the cards)
  1. Alternative form of hold the cards Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hold the cards
    Sense id: en-hold_all_the_cards-en-verb-c-ZzvHE0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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