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| Shopping | The largest selection of BRING HOME THE BACON products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| VERB | 1 | bring home the bacon, succeed, win, come through, deliver the goods | Attain success or reach a desired goal |
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| 2 | bring home the bacon, provide | Supply means of subsistence |
| Meaning | Attain success or reach a desired goal. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
| Synonyms | succeed, win, come through, deliver the goods |
| Contrary | fail, go wrong, miscarry |
| Narrower | hit; pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage; pass, clear; luck out, hit the jackpot; nail down, nail, peg; pass, make it; run; work, act; pan out; achieve, accomplish, attain, reach; arrive, make it, get in, go far |
| Entails | try, seek, attempt, essay, assay |
| Meaning | Supply means of subsistence. Earn a living. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" |
| Synonyms | provide |
| Broader | support |
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