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took the biscuit

took the biscuit is the simple past of take the biscuit.

Meaning of take the biscuit

Verb

take the biscuit (third-person singular simple present takes the biscuit, present participle taking the biscuit, simple past took the biscuit, past participle taken the biscuit)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.
    • I've seen bad grammar, but this takes the biscuit.
    Synonyms:
    beat everything, that's the limit, take the cake, beat all

Questions about took the biscuit

What is took the biscuit the simple past of?
Took the biscuit is the simple past of take the biscuit.

Words near took the biscuit in the dictionary

  1. took stock
  2. took ten
  3. took the bait
  4. took the ball and ran with it
  5. took the bench
  6. took the biscuit
  7. took the bitter with the sweet
  8. took the bread out of someone's mouth
  9. took the Browns to the Super Bowl
  10. took the bull by the horns
  11. took the cake

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