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Also, one for the book . An outstanding or unusual achievement or event, as in All of the main awards went to one picture—that's one for the books . This expression originally alluded to record books kept for sports but soon was applied to other endeavors. [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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