stack the cards

Example Sentences

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"You can't really stack the cards against a character much higher."

From Time Magazine Archive

He means so that no will-breaking brothers or cousins can stack the cards agin you.

From Money Magic A Novel by Garland, Hamlin

The posse in the valley—that was what would stack the cards against them.

From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson

When their hearts is touched they're likely to stack the cards, look at the bottom of the deck, an' lie—beggin' your pardon, ma'am.

From Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews by London, Jack

I have a hard game ahead of me and I'm going to stack the cards.

From The Garden of Eden by Brand, Max