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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Possible typo, but I think this is an eggcorn for “took the cake”—
“I’ve gotten over it but what took the case was a woman who was on her cell phone and drinking her Starbucks grande one day.”
in Slate online, response to “Dear Prudence” advice column—http://www.slate.com/id/2265551/pagenum/3
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Looks legit to me. Here are some more…
What an idiot…7 posts – 4 authors – Last post: Sep 5, 2009
I was searching YouTube for videos of idiots crossing the tracks when a train is coming, and this one really took the case: Car Forces Train …
trainzcommuterrail.co.cc/topic/7201750/1/ – Cached
BCVoice > Captchas Out of Control8 posts – 3 authors – Last post: 6 days ago
For the last couple of weeks, it’s been giving me numbers and sequences of punctuation, but today really took the case: the second word was …
www.bcvoice.com/forums/lofiversion/inde … 32024.html – Cached
Deborah’s Site – Flower and Zaphod Show…The Saga Continues …Kine: No more charades for me…that last one really took the case... Beaker: We could always play tag… Nugget: It should better than charades…no more …
d666rules.multiply.com/journal/item/7 – Cached
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