bear the palm

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But alligators bear the palm for ugliness, size, and strength.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

Ye gods, it doth amaze me,   A man of such a feeble temper should   So get the start of the majestic world,   And bear the palm alone.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

I hear, Tell, you're a master with the bow— From every rival bear the palm away.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Prynne's fellow pamphleteers, Bastwick and Burton, were not far behind him in the violence of their invectives, but the lawyer must be admitted to bear the palm for sharp sayings.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

And no man of this band can bear the palm from me in the use of those powers which Heaven has given us.'

From The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence by Ballou, Maturin Murray