the real deal
Definition of the real deal
informal
: something or someone that is real or genuine : a thing or person that is not a copy or imitation These diamonds aren't fake. They're the real deal. That guy looked so much like Elvis, I almost thought he was the real deal.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: of or relating to fixed, permanent, or immovable things (such as lands or tenements)
: not artificial, fraudulent, or illusory : genuine
: being precisely what the name implies
: a real thing
: a mathematically real quantity
: very, really
: a former monetary unit and coin of Spain and its possessions
: a former monetary unit and coin of Portugal
: part, portion
: a usually large or indefinite quantity or degree
: the act or right of distributing cards to players
: to give as one's portion : apportion
: to distribute (playing cards) to players
: administer, deliver
: an act of dealing (see 2deal 3) : transaction
: bargain
: contract
: a board of fir or pine
: pine or fir wood
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