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take the cake

  1. To be the most outstanding; sometimes used in a derogatory sense: “When it comes to eating like a pig, Gordy really takes the cake.â€


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Idioms and Phrases

Be the most outstanding in some respect, either the best or the worst. For example, That advertising slogan really took the cake , or What a mess they made of the concert—that takes the cake! This expression alludes to a contest called a cakewalk , in which a cake is the prize. Its figurative use, for something either excellent or outrageously bad, dates from the 1880s.
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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.â€

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As Hong takes stock of the joyful moments that have come with doing work deeply rooted in their passions, there’s a particular experience that consistently takes the cake: providing flowers for queer weddings.

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In the annals of “terrific throwaway shots from ‘Perry Mason,’†the vertiginous angle with which Perry’s fire-escape exit from his compromised apartment, broken into by parties unknown the previous week, takes the cake.

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