piece of the action

Idioms and Phrases

A share in an activity or in the profits, as in They wanted a piece of the action in this land deal . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

His many film, television and stage credits over the next half a century included the plays “Fences” and “Paul Robeson,” the Emmy-winning lead in the short-lived “Gabriel’s Fire” and the movies “A Piece of the Action,” “Coming to America,” “Field of Dreams,” “Cry, the Beloved Country” and “Exorcist II: The Heretic.”

From Los Angeles Times

And with four of 2023's top 10 best-selling acts coming out of South Korea, the Brits want a piece of the action.

From BBC

The ETFs have made bitcoins more attractive to both institutional investors and casual retail investors who would like a little piece of the action in case hardcore, diamond-hands crypto boosters turn out to be right.

From Slate

Biden’s regulatory apparatus, meanwhile, moved to curb corporate abuse and guarantee workers a piece of the action.

From Slate

Yet labels weren’t sure whether they should sue Napster into oblivion or pay them hundreds of millions to get a piece of the action.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• account
• bill
• commission
• compensation
• cost
• cut
• expense
• pay
• payment
• price
• reward
• salary
• share
• stipend
• wage