"had one's cake and ate it too" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} had one's cake and ate it too
  1. simple past of have one's cake and eat it too Tags: form-of, past Form of: have one's cake and eat it too
    Sense id: en-had_one's_cake_and_ate_it_too-en-verb-vArdXLeX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
     
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