take the cake

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
take the cake
    v 1: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the
         cake for chutzpah!"
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "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

    

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