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inside straight
noun
- Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
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Idioms and Phrases
- draw to an inside straight, to build up hopes for something that has little or no chance of happening.
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Example Sentences
Nobody draws four cards any more or stands for a raise on an inside straight.
Its branch was pulled up and pointed inside straight at the fire; the signal given, “Down with number two!”
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