From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha piece of the actiona piece of the actioninformalPROFIT a share of the money from a business activity And will foreign firms get a piece of the action? → piece
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a piece of the action• After five years in middle management, I'm ready for a real piece of the action.• A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action.• But the General wanted a piece of the action.• But the real race is to adapt the superbike for road use before rivals grab a piece of the action.• His successors never again ran the town, as he did, but they always had a piece of the action.• It's not only the players who want a piece of the action.• Nation shall speak peace unto nation, and I shall grab a piece of the action.• Or did evil Uncle Humbert destroy it, because under the law he would then get a piece of the action?• Will foreign firms get a piece of the action? 