llevarse la palma

Spanish

Verb

llevarse la palma (first-person singular present me llevo la palma, first-person singular preterite me llevé la palma, past participle llevado la palma)

1. (idiomatic) to win, to bear the palm, to bear away the palm, to carry the day, to take the cake, to take the prize, to take the biscuit, to beat it all, to run away with the prize

Further reading

• “llevarse alguien la palma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16