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slice of the pie



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, slice of the cake . A share of the proceeds or benefits, as in It's reasonable for a heavy contributor to ask for a big slice of the pie . This metaphor for a division of the spoils dates from the late 1800s. Also see the synonym piece of the action .

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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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