"play the board" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "plays the board",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the board",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Poker",
          "orig": "en:Poker",
          "parents": [
            "Card games",
            "Gambling",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
        [
          "split pot",
          "split pot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "play the board"
}

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      "form": "plays the board",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the board",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "glosses": [
        "To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ],
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          "split pot",
          "split pot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
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