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show one's hand

show one's hand is the alternative form of show one's cards.

Meaning of show one's cards

Verb

show one's cards (third-person singular simple present shows one's cards, present participle showing one's cards, simple past showed one's cards, past participle shown one's cards or (US also) showed one's cards)

  1. (idiomatic) To reveal something known to oneself but previously concealed from others, especially regarding one's own plans or resources.
    Synonyms:
    show one's hand

Forms of show one's hand

third-person singular presentshows one's hand
present participleshowing one's hand
pastshowed one's hand
past participleshown one's hand
past participle US alsoshowed one's hand

Questions about show one's hand

What is show one's hand the alternative form of?
Show one's hand is the alternative form of show one's cards.

Words near show one's hand in the dictionary

  1. show one's ass
  2. show one's butt
  3. show one's cards
  4. show one's claws
  5. show one's face
  6. show one's hand
  7. show one's stripes
  8. show one's stuff
  9. show one's teeth
  10. show one's true colors
  11. show one's true colours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: show one's hand (page history and authors); show one's cards (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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