stack the cards
Example Sentences
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"You can't really stack the cards against a character much higher."
From Time Magazine Archive
What nerve does it take to stack the cards against a dub?
From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré
When their hearts is touched they’re likely to stack the cards, look at the bottom of the deck, an’ lie like the devil—beggin’ your pardon, ma’am.
From Love of Life and Other Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
I have a hard game ahead of me and I'm going to stack the cards.
From The Garden of Eden by Brand, Max
The posse in the valley—that was what would stack the cards against them.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
