there's no I in team in English

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          "ref": "2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead, spoken by Shaun (Simon Pegg)",
          "text": "As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no \"I\" in \"team\", but there is an \"I\" in \"pie\". And there's an \"I\" in \"meat pie\". Anagram of \"meat\" is \"team\"… I don't know what he's talking about.",
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          "word": "take one for the team"
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          "text": "As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no \"I\" in \"team\", but there is an \"I\" in \"pie\". And there's an \"I\" in \"meat pie\". Anagram of \"meat\" is \"team\"… I don't know what he's talking about.",
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"there's no I in team" meaning in English

Proverb