| 单词 | to declare one's hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto declare one's hand c. to declare one's hand: to reveal one's circumstances, aims, or interest; (literal) to announce or reveal the cards one is holding (cf. declare v. 11). ΚΠ 1879 R. M. Martin Our Indian Empire ii. 605/2 Abdurrahman has not yet declared his hand; perhaps from natural shrewdness, perhaps from the lesson taught him before his so-called flight from Samarcand. 1896 Outlook 1 Aug. 224/2 As he declared his hand in the final play of a game of chance, he deliberately tore the cards across the middle. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 271 Upstairs Fanny evaded all the thrusts made by his mother, and did not declare her hand. 1963 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 20 Sept. b8/2 The Michigan conference developments put added pressure on him to declare his hand. 2002 D. Y. Kimberg Serious Poker (ed. 2) 236 You don't have to declare your hand properly in order to claim the part of the pot you deserve. 2012 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 Mar. 60 As an unabashed Big Eck fan, I have to declare my hand in all of this. < as lemmas |
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