the contention that the candidate's acquirements in the business world would stand him in good stead in the political arena
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First Known Use: 1607
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearaccomplishment, achievement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph;
botch, mess, muddle, shambles;
bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout;
blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner;
deed, feat, performance;
arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization;
a feather in one's cap;
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