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  1. have one's cake and eat it too: Merriam-Webster
  2. have one's cake and eat it too: Wiktionary
  3. Have one's cake and eat it too: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (have one's cake and eat it too)

verb:  (idiomatic) To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).


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