play with a full deck
(sports) To play a game with the availability of a team's full roster of players.
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(sports) To play a game with the availability of a team's full roster of players.
: I think we all realize he's not playing with a full deck.
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(idiomatic, chiefly, US, and, Canada, of a person, chiefly in the negative) To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.
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