sell/go like hot cakes
go like hot cakes
To sell very quickly. We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they have just been going like hot cakes!
sell like hot cakes
To sell very quickly. We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they have just been selling like hot cakes!
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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.
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sell (or go) like hot cakes
be sold quickly and in large quantities.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
sell/go like ˈhot cakes
(informal) be sold quickly in great quantities: The band’s latest record is selling like hot cakes.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017