play with a full deck
The idiom "play with a full deck" is often used to describe someone's mental capacity or the completeness of their resources.
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Definition
B2General
(informal, chiefly US and Canada)To be mentally sound and capable of rational thought.
Example
- She may act a bit strange sometimes, but she's definitely playing with a full deck.
B2Team Sports
(informal)To have all team members available for a game.
Example
- With all their players back from injury, the team is finally playing with a full deck.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "play with a full deck":
play it for all it's worthdeal a handchest one's cardsplay it straightbreast one's cardsplay with house moneyplay to winshuffle the cardsplay tosweep the boardcold deckto the fullplay the fieldplay withall hands on deckdeck outclear the decksin spadesoverplay one's hand