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• A thing that is absolutely genuine or authentic.

  More example sentences

  • ‘you've never been in love before, so how can you be sure this is the real thing?’
  • ‘Would you feel as comfortable wearing a counterfeit expensive watch as the real thing?’
  • ‘The fact is that he has never seen the real thing, and does his best to produce a substantial dish.’
  • ‘You can sample the real thing in any bar as joints are hung above the counter waiting to be sliced up into tapas.’
  • ‘We opted for the real thing and settled down for an evening of sea shanties and claustrophobia.’
  • ‘Having written a soundtrack for films that have never been made, it only made sense for him to take a crack at the real thing.’