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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb take the cake has 1 sense

• take the cake(v = verb.competition) Array - rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"
is one way to win
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

take the cake

bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, best, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, clobber, come out first, defeat, finish in front, fluke, gain, gain the day, lick, make a killing, skin, triumph, trounce, win, win out, win the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win through, worst

ROGET THESAURUS

take the cake

Superiority

VB be superior, exceed, excel, transcend, outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod, pass, surpass, get ahead of, over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch, top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out, beat hollow, outstrip, eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint, have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, play first fiddle, preponderate, predominate, prevail, precede, take precedence, come first, come to a head, culminate, beat all others, bear the palm, break the record, take the cake, become larger, render larger.

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