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put one's cards on the table

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putone'scardson thetable (third-person singular simple presentputs one's cards on the table,present participleputting one's cards on the table,simple past and past participleput one's cards on the table)

  1. (idiomatic) Toreveal one's trueintentions,beliefs,feelings, or other previously concealedfacts about one's situation; to speakfrankly.
    • 1899,Henry James, chapter 4, inThe Awkward Age:
      "We needn't either of us," she continued, "be concerned for the other's reasons, though I'm perfectly ready, I assure you, toput my cards on the table."
    • 1915,John Buchan, chapter 4, inThe Thirty-Nine Steps:
      I thought the time had come for me toput my cards on the table. I saw by this man's eye that he was the kind you can trust.
    • 1921,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 10, inTangled Trails:
      "Let'sput our cards on the table. We think you're the man the police are looking for—the one described in the papers."
    • 2003 May 27,Tony Karon, “Mideast: Can Bush Deliver?”, inTime:
      Although Sharon has neverput allhis cards on the table, he's given plenty of indicators that in his vision, a Palestinian state comprises the 40-50 percent of the West Bank currently under PA jurisdiction.

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to reveal one's true intentions
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