cards

British  

/ kɑːdz /

noun

1. (usually functioning as singular)

   1. any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards

   2. the playing of such a game

2. an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer

3. to be told to leave one's employment

4. US equivalent: in the cards.  possible or likely

5. to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right )

6. to declare one's intentions, resources, etc

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Example Sentences

His sending off, after receiving two yellow cards in the space of 53 seconds, cost his side the chance of turning the game around.

From BBC

“That throws all the cards back on the table.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Seattle won the second game after an impressive comeback and overtime, and you sense something similar could be on the cards again.

From BBC

The U.S.-Europe spat over Greenland may have not been on many investor bingo cards for this year, but here we are.

From MarketWatch

But a rapid escalation in oil investments in Venezuela isn’t in the cards, even for Chevron, the only U.S. oil company operating in the oil-rich Latin American country, people close to the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal