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bring home the bacon

bring home the ba·con
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bring hohm stressed th ee bey-kuh n]
    • /brɪŋ hoʊm stressed ði ˈbeɪ kən/
    • /brɪŋ həʊm ðə ˈbeɪ.kən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bring hohm stressed th ee bey-kuh n]
    • /brɪŋ hoʊm stressed ði ˈbeɪ kən/

Definitions of bring home the bacon words

  • phrase bring home the bacon If you bring home the bacon, you achieve what you needed to achieve. 3
  • phrase bring home the bacon The person in a family who brings home the bacon provides the family with the money they need to live. 3
  • noun bring home the bacon to achieve success 3
  • noun bring home the bacon to provide material support 3
  • noun bring home the bacon to earn a living 3
  • noun bring home the bacon to succeed; win 3
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Origin of bring home the bacon

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English bacoun < Anglo-French; Old French bacon < Germanic *bakōn- (Old High German bacho back, ham, bacon) derivative of *baka- back1; compare Middle Dutch bake bacon

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Parts of speech for Bring home the bacon

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bring home the bacon

bring home the bacon popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bring home the bacon

verb bring home the bacon

  • take the cake — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
Just one Synonym for bring home the bacon

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