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BRING HOME THE BACON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supply means of subsistence; earn a living
Example:
Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon
Synonyms:
bring home the bacon; provide
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bring home the bacon" is one way to...):
support (support materially or financially)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Attain success or reach a desired goal
Example:
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Synonyms:
bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
"Bring home the bacon" entails doing...:
assay; attempt; essay; seek; try (make an effort or attempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring home the bacon"):
hit (hit the intended target or goal)
bring off; carry off; manage; negociate; pull off (be successful; achieve a goal)
clear; pass (go unchallenged; be approved)
hit the jackpot; luck out (succeed by luck)
nail; nail down; peg (succeed in obtaining a position)
make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)
run (make without a miss)
act; work (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected)
pan out (be a success)
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
arrive; get in; go far; make it (succeed in a big way; get to the top)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
