chest one's cards (English, verb)
expansion: chest one's cards (third-person singular simple present chests one's cards, present participle chesting one's cards, simple past and past participle chested one's cards)
Senses:
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: literal
glosses: To hold one's hand close to one's chest so that other players cannot see the cards.
glosses: To be careful and reticent about sharing information about one's resources and intentions.
tags: broadly
figuratively
Forms:
form: chests one's cards
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chesting one's cards
tags: participle
present
form: chested one's cards
tags: participle
past
form: chested one's cards
tags: past