Usually means: Openly display intentions or plans.
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  1. put one's cards on the table: Merriam-Webster
  2. put one's cards on the table: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. put one's cards on the table, put one's cards on the table: Collins English Dictionary
  4. put one's cards on the table: Wiktionary
  5. put one's cards on the table, put ones cards on the table: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (put one's cards on the table)

verb:  (idiomatic) To reveal one's true intentions, beliefs, feelings, or other previously concealed facts about one's situation; to speak frankly.


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