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breasts one's cards

breasts one's cards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of breast one's cards.

Meaning of breast one's cards

Verb

breast one's cards (third-person singular simple present breasts one's cards, present participle breasting one's cards, simple past and past participle breasted one's cards)

  1. To hold one's cards close to the chest.
    • Flynt shifted in his chair, breasting his cards, then glared at Sunny. "You'll have to wait till I play this hand.1995, Jane Peart, A Distant Dawn, →ISBN, page 25
  2. To avoid revealing information.
    • A firm believer in breasting his cards, Jenks was keeping the "Pulitzer" file under wraps a while longer.1996, Marilyn T. Quayle, The Campaign: A Novel, page 121

Questions about breasts one's cards

What is breasts one's cards the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breasts one's cards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of breast one's cards.

Words near breasts one's cards in the dictionary

  1. breastrope
  2. breastropes
  3. breasts
  4. breasts boobily
  5. breasts down
  6. breasts one's cards
  7. breasts the tape
  8. breasts up
  9. breastsful
  10. breastshot
  11. breastsleep

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