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sweet smell of success

sweet smell of success noun: the rewarding sense of having succeeded.

Noun

the sweet smell of success

  1. (idiomatic) The rewarding sense of having succeeded.

Questions about sweet smell of success

What does sweet smell of success mean?
Sweet smell of success means the rewarding sense of having succeeded.
What part of speech is sweet smell of success?
Sweet smell of success is a noun.

Words near sweet smell of success in the dictionary

  1. sweet shop
  2. sweet shops
  3. sweet shrimp
  4. sweet sixteen
  5. sweet sixteens
  6. sweet smell of success
  7. sweet smelling
  8. sweet sorghum
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