hold (all/all of) the cards

: to have possession or ownership of or have at one's disposal

: to have as a privilege or position of responsibility

: to have as a mark of distinction

: stronghold

: confinement, custody

: prison

: the interior of a ship below decks

: the cargo compartment of a plane

: the whole amount, quantity, or extent of

: as much as possible

: every member or individual component of

: wholly, quite

: selected as the best (as at a sport) within an area or organization

: only, exclusively

: the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality

used in such phrases as for all I know, for all I care, and for all the good it does to indicate a lack of knowledge, interest, or effectiveness

: everybody, everything

: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy

: other : different : atypical

: isomeric form or variety of (a specified chemical compound)

: being one of a group whose members together constitute a structural unit especially of a language

: to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning

: an instrument or machine for carding fibers that consists usually of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back

: an implement for raising a nap on cloth

: playing card

: a game played with cards

: card playing

: to place or fasten on or by means of a card

: to provide with a card

: to list or record on a card