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Bear away the bell

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be superior in something. idiomatic, obsolete

    "And as these western men do bear away the bell for might and sleight in wrestling , so the scholars here have always acquitted themselves with credit in palæstrâ literariâ"

Etymology

A bell was once a traditional prize in races.

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