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Synonyms
Examples of gravy train in a Sentence
They're trying to get on board the gravy train.
the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors
Recent Examples on the Web
Practitioners of this time honored custom need to be put on notice that the gravy train has made its last stop.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
End of an era, end of a business model, end of a gravy train, end of the world.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
That’s because nobody wanted to stop the gravy train.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
Yet Rush also has to wonder if his gravy train could be reaching the end of the line sooner than expected if Lance gets up to speed quickly enough to start challenging for practice snaps and depth chart positioning.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
Then someone tips off the customs officers, and the gravy train comes to a screeching halt: Two male accomplices fall overboard and die, and all but one of the women is arrested.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
Nobody wanted to spill the beans and stop the gravy train.
—Roy Trakin, Variety, 8 June 2023
Humans, Corrigan said, are their gravy train.
—Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
At some point the gravy train is going to stop.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near gravy train
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“Gravy train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravy%20train. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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