Wiktionary
winner-takes-all
a. (alternative form of winner-take-all English)
Usage examples of "winner-takes-all".
The winner-takes-all struggle was consuming massive amounts of their energy.
Her goal of defeating Perec in the next race, the grand prix 400m final in Milan, carried with it a $78,000 winner-takes-all incentive.
The rivalry between the two football heroes would have been resolved at gunpoint, in a duel of some kind, or in an ambush, A case of winner-takes-all, where Fay was the only true winner.