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cop the bun

cop the bun verb: to take the biscuit; to top everything else.

Verb

cop the bun (third-person singular simple present cops the bun, present participle copping the bun, simple past and past participle copped the bun)

  1. (dated, rare) To take the biscuit; to top everything else.
    • But that which "cops the bun"
      Is your sound crack about brave Jack,
      "The Man behind the Gun!"1894 June 2, Punch
    • "Tell me," he demanded, "how to throw a man over my head and break his neck, for I am going to kill you, and I wish to know this thing before you die." Of all the ingenuous declarations I have ever heard, this one copped the proverbial bun.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter IX, in The Land That Time Forgot

Forms of cop the bun

third-person singular presentcops the bun
present participlecopping the bun
past participlecopped the bun
pastcopped the bun

Questions about cop the bun

What does cop the bun mean?
Cop the bun means to take the biscuit; to top everything else.
What part of speech is cop the bun?
Cop the bun is a verb.
What is the past tense of cop the bun?
The past tense of cop the bun is copped the bun.

Words near cop the bun in the dictionary

  1. cop oneself on
  2. cop onto
  3. cop out
  4. cop shop
  5. cop shops
  6. cop the bun
  7. cop the needle
  8. cop wise
  9. cop-call
  10. cop-called
  11. cop-caller

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