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Lion's share

Meaning: largest portion of something.

Imagine, you are working on a project with three other friends. You completed 70% of the work and your friends completed 10% each. 

In this case, you completed the lion’s share of work.

let’s say this project won prize money of $15,000. Your friends decided to give you $10,000 from this money.

They gave you the lion’s share of the prize money.

More examples:
  • Virat Kohli scored the lion’s share of the team’s total runs.
  • John received the lion’s share of his father’s estate.
  • Lion’s share of the medal were won my the US.

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