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stack the cards

stack the cards verb: to surreptitiously arrange something in order to gain an unfair advantage, or to alter an outcome.

Verb

stack the cards (third-person singular simple present stacks the cards, present participle stacking the cards, simple past and past participle stacked the cards)

  1. (idiomatic) To surreptitiously arrange something in order to gain an unfair advantage, or to alter an outcome

Forms of stack the cards

third-person singular presentstacks the cards
present participlestacking the cards
past participlestacked the cards
paststacked the cards

Questions about stack the cards

What does stack the cards mean?
Stack the cards means to surreptitiously arrange something in order to gain an unfair advantage, or to alter an outcome.
What part of speech is stack the cards?
Stack the cards is a verb.
What is the past tense of stack the cards?
The past tense of stack the cards is stacked the cards.

Words near stack the cards in the dictionary

  1. stack ranks
  2. stack room
  3. stack rooms
  4. stack smashing
  5. stack talk
  6. stack the cards
  7. stack the deck
  8. stack trace
  9. stack traces
  10. stack truck
  11. stack trucks

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