piece of the action
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piece of the action
A share in an activity or in the profits, as in They wanted a piece of the action in this land deal. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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