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Phrase(s): stack the deck (against someone or something) [and] stack the cards (against someone or something)
to arrange things against someone or something. (Originally from card playing; stacking the deck is to cheat by arranging the cards to be dealt out to one’s advantage.) • I can’t get ahead at my office. Someone has stacked the cards against me. • Do you really think that someone has stacked the deck? Isn’t it just fate?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs