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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 for inside straight

    draw to an inside straight, to build up hopes for something that has little or no chance of happening.

Words nearby inside straight

Inside Passage, insider, insider dealing, insider trading, insides, inside straight, inside track, insidious, insight, insightful, insigne
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