cards on the table

Example Sentences

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After enduring a near bank run in recent weeks, private credit is about to lay more cards on the table.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

“It can be a safe place where they put all their cards on the table so that there’s transparency,” said Marter, a financial therapist and author of “The Financial Mindset Fix.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

In some cases, the cheating teams used poker chip trays that could secretly read the cards on the table.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

We’ll put our cards on the table: Booker is a fine senator, but he’s a ham.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2025

I ask him to place his cards on the table face upwards.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela