have one's cake and eat it

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have one's cake and eat it (third-person singular simple present has one's cake and eats it, present participle having one's cake and eating it, simple past had one's cake and ate it, past participle had one's cake and eaten it)

  1. Alternative form of have one's cake and eat it too