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lion's share
- the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion:
The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
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Origin of lion's share1
Idioms and Phrases
The greater part or most of something, as in Whenever they won a doubles match, Ethel claimed the lion's share of the credit , or As usual, Uncle Bob took the lion's share of the cake . This expression alludes to Aesop's fable about a lion, who got all of a kill because its fellow hunters, an ass, fox, and wolf, were afraid to claim their share. [Late 1700s]Example Sentences
Europe's major clubs are expected to get the lion's share, with both City and Chelsea – who qualified by winning the Champions League in 2023 and 2020 respectively - in line to collect the biggest prize pot in club football by winning it.
The lion’s share of the CPB funding Republicans are eager to cut funnels directly to more than 1500 public media stations to support their programming, including local news.
Hubble got the lion’s share of the credit for this discovery, but Lowell Observatory astronomer Vesto Slipher, who noticed the same phenomenon but didn’t publish his data, also anticipated that result.
Hegseth also told Nato's European members that they would need to provide the lion's share of future aid for Kyiv, warning that Washington "will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship" with its allies.
Musk’s stake in Tesla comprises the lion’s share of his wealth.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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