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take the cake
verb as in bring home the bacon
Weak matches
verb as in score
verb as in triumph
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Cake and Colbert in bed We take the cake home with us, and in bed we watch Colbert and eat cake and then brush our teeth because there’s been so much cake.
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While the fractious opposition parties fought for the crumbs, Fidesz took the cake.
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As far-fetched as all the conspiracy theories have been thus far, this one takes the cake.
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I didn’t take the cake from the angel’s hand.
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Kyrgios added that while he might have been accused of being irresponsible or stupid, “this takes the cake.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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