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go like hot cakes
To sell very quickly and in large quantities. We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they've been going like hot cakes! This record has gone like hot cakes since it came out. I can't keep it in stock!
like hot cakes
Very quickly and in large quantities, as of items being sold. We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they've been selling like hot cakes! This record has gone like hot cakes since it came out. I can't keep it in stock!
sell like hot cakes
To sell very quickly and in large quantities. We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they have just been selling like hot cakes! This record has been selling like hot cakes—I can't keep it in stock!
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sell like hotcakes
Fig. [for something] to be sold very fast. The delicious candy sold like hotcakes. The fancy new cars were selling like hotcakes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
sell like hot cakes
BRITISH orsell like hotcakes
mainly AMERICANIf things sell like hot cakes, people buy large quantities of them in a short time. The software is selling like hot cakes. Her products sold like hotcakes. Note: You can also say that things go like hot cakes. The salesman says they've been going like hot cakes. Note: In American English, `hotcakes' are pancakes, while in British English `hot cakes' are cakes which have just been baked.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
sell (or go) like hot cakes
be sold quickly and in large quantities.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017