"cherry on top" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-cherry on top.ogg Forms: cherries on top [plural]
Etymology: An allusion to cakes, which are sometimes topped with cherries. Head templates: {{en-noun|cherries on top}} cherry on top (plural cherries on top)
  1. Synonym of icing on the cake Synonyms: icing on the cake [synonym, synonym-of], cherry on the cake Related terms: pretty please with a cherry on top
    Sense id: en-cherry_on_top-en-noun-DD4Svizq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Everything is possible, Southgate had said on Sunday, as he sought to consign the dismal Nations League campaign to unwanted history. This was a display to fire optimism. There was even the cherry on top of a late sixth for Jack Grealish, who had entered as a substitute, from a pull-back from another replacement, Callum Wilson.",
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          "ref": "2022 December 28, Christian Wolmar, “Annus horribilus must mark a turning point for our railway”, in RAIL, number 973, page 44:",
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