Definition
To use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances.
In Context
- ""Don't you care. Play the hand that's dealt you and let the boss worry.""
- ""We have the players we have and I've got to play the hand dealt," Coslet said. "We are limited in what we can do.""
- ""I am a great believer in self-management, that you must survive and find a way to play the hand you are dealt.""
- "There were mainstream candidates who seemed stronger than Mr Romney. . . . But the party must play the hand it is dealt, which appears to be Mr Romney."