It is advantageous to lead up to a weak suit, because you compel the second hand to put on a high card, or give your partner the opportunity of finessing.
You then return a strengthening card to get a high card of your partner's strong suit out of his way, and you enable him to finesse if he thinks proper, and so to keep the command of his suit in his own hand.
When your partner leads a high card, however, the case is different.
Leading a high card, then a low one from the same suit, indicates weakness, or it may indicate a wish to have trumps led.
This term is used when a high card is unnecessarily played in place of one of lower denomination--as a ten for a seven, a five for a deuce, &c.
The lead of a high card is also advisable for the purpose of taking a look.
A high card so protected by smaller cards that it cannot be caught by the adversaries leading higher cards.
Don't lead through strength when dummy holds a sequence of three or more cards, as A K Q K Q J Q J 10 Holding a high card or cards in a suit in which the dummy is weak, avoid leading that suit.
When you have no high card lead, or if you are anxious to be led up to, it is often good play to throw the lead and, at the same time, to try to make your small trumps.
The echo is a signal used by Bridge players to show ability to win the third round of the suit either with a trump or a high card.
Playing a higher card before a lower, to your partner’s high card lead.
Sacrificing a high card, by leading it to make an entry card for your partner’s hand.
A high card so protected by smaller cards that it cannot be caught by the adversaries’ lead of higher cards.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "high card" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
