a piece of the action meaning

(informal)
  Participation in an enterprise, etc, often including a share in the profits

• piece of the action:    [American idiom]a ...
• a piece:    Each; [American sl ...
• a piece of:    1. An instance of2 ...

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1. i don't see anything wrong with the workers owning a piece of the action.
2. of course, the u . s . army got a piece of the action
3. how big a piece of the action would this be
4. how big a piece of the action would this be
5. y ou mean, like, a piece of the action