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scoop the pool

UK informal

Definition

to win all the prizes that are available: Cuba scooped the pool in the boxing at this year's Olympics.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of scoop the pool from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)