"play one's cards right" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "plays one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "play one's cards right (third-person singular simple present plays one's cards right, present participle playing one's cards right, simple past and past participle played one's cards right)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you play your cards right, you'll get the promotion you've been waiting for.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act correctly; to make the right moves."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_one's_cards_right-en-verb-BeIgIDIx",
      "links": [
        [
          "correctly",
          "correctly"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "play the hand one is dealt"
        },
        {
          "word": "overplay one's hand"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "play one's cards well"
        },
        {
          "word": "play one's hand right"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pelata korttinsa oikein"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play one's cards right"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played one's cards right",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "plays one's cards right",
        "2": "playing one's cards right",
        "3": "played one's cards right"
      },
      "expansion": "play one's cards right (third-person singular simple present plays one's cards right, present participle playing one's cards right, simple past and past participle played one's cards right)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "play the hand one is dealt"
    },
    {
      "word": "overplay one's hand"
    }
  ],
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        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you play your cards right, you'll get the promotion you've been waiting for.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act correctly; to make the right moves."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "correctly",
          "correctly"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "play one's cards well"
    },
    {
      "word": "play one's hand right"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pelata korttinsa oikein"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play one's cards right"
}