"on the cards" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Originally referring to the predictions of fortune-tellers using cards.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "Likely to occur, probable."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Likely to occur, probable."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "in the cards"
        }
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  "word": "on the cards"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally referring to the predictions of fortune-tellers using cards.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC:",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Likely to occur, probable."
      ],
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          "probable",
          "probable"
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Likely to occur, probable."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in the cards"
    }
  ],
  "word": "on the cards"
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