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take the cake
verb as in bring home the bacon
Weak matches
verb as in score
verb as in triumph
Example Sentences
I’m not the first person to make the point that the music on the series is almost sickeningly on the nose, but this episode took the cake for me.
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.
While the fractious opposition parties fought for the crumbs, Fidesz took the cake.
As far-fetched as all the conspiracy theories have been thus far, this one takes the cake.
I didn’t take the cake from the angel’s hand.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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