in the cards
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also on the cards
as in necessary
impossible to avoid or evade
They knew a career as a ballet dancer wasn't in the cards for their clumsy daughter.
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in the bag
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The first knockout games are in the bag, and another 16 teams have exited the tournament.
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Weiser, in his pre-election pep speech to volunteers Monday, acknowledged head-on that many pundits and political observers said Bennet had the race in the bag from the moment the three-term senator decided to head home.
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“In the cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20cards. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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