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plays the board

plays the board is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play the board.

Meaning of play the board

Verb

play the board (third-person singular simple present plays the board, present participle playing the board, simple past and past participle played the board)

  1. 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 at best, since all the other players can also play the board.

Questions about plays the board

What is plays the board the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays the board is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play the board.

Words near plays the board in the dictionary

  1. plays the angles
  2. plays the ball
  3. plays the ball and not the man
  4. plays the ball not the man
  5. plays the ball, not the man
  6. plays the board
  7. plays the cat and banjo with
  8. plays the clitar
  9. plays the deuce with
  10. plays the devil with
  11. plays the dickens with

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