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cut the cards

VERB

gamble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bet speculate wager

STRONG

back brave challenge dare defy endanger face game hazard imperil jeopardize lot play plunge put risk set stake venture

WEAK

buck the odds cast lots flip the coin go for broke lay money on make a bet put faith in put trust in shoot the moon shoot the works stick one's neck out take a flyer tempt fortune trust to luck try one's luck

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend discourage displace dissuade hide remove rise save

WEAK

be careful design ensure guard insure plan safeguard

Example Sentences

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Say a blackjack dealer asked Forte to cut the cards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2021

So you trust your mother, but you cut the cards.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2020

Still, you can trust your mother, but cut the cards.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2011

Mr. Nixon may feel it is his turn now, after the New Deal and the Fair Deal�but before he deals, someone is going to cut the cards.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later on he went to Pilar Ternera with the hope that the cards would see more than the diggers, but she began by explaining that any attempt would be useless unless Úrsula cut the cards.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

cut the cards

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