pick

cake

See:

EAT-ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO,

PAT-A-CAKE,

TAKE THE CAKE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[take the cake] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[eat one's cake and have it too] {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[pat-a-cake] {n.} A clapping game that keeps time to a nursery rhyme. * /Mother played pat-a-cake with the baby./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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