be a great commercial success
to dispose of something very quickly and with little effort
to sell or get rid of large quantities of something very easily
These books are selling like hotcakes.
John says that the new cars are selling like hotcakes.
It is very hot outside. These ice lollies will sell like hotcakes.
I am making cupcakes for the school fete. They always sell like hotcakes.
The 2K model cars by BMW sold like hot cakes, and it was hard to produce them by company to fulfill the demands.
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