chest one's cards
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chest one's cards
verb chests one's cards · chesting one's cards · chested one's cards
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To hold one's hand close to one's chest so that other players cannot see the cards.
Another hand was dealt. Skookum chested his cards, looked down into them with one bright eye. The game went on.
Similar: keep one's cards close to one's chest, hold one's cards close to one's chest, play one's cards close to one's chest, keep one's cards close to one's vest, hold one's cards close to one's vest, play one's cards close to one's vest
- To be careful and reticent about sharing information about one's resources and intentions. As is now obvious, the element that is different from other discovery techniques discussed above is that the defendant is actually at risk: if it continues "chesting its cards," it may pay the price of being found liable, at least in part.
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