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Big deal   /bɪg dil/   Listen
Big deal

noun
1.
An important influential person.  Synonyms: big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho.  "She's a big deal in local politics" , "The Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
2.
Anything of great importance or consequence.





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"Big deal" Quotes from Famous Books



... worked a big deal in futures for their father this morning; nice girls; it's time they were getting married. 'Mrs. Belthrop.' I tell you what it is, Edna; you can't afford to snub Mrs. Belthrop. Why, Belthrop could buy and sell us ten times over. His business ...
— The Awakening and Selected Short Stories • Kate Chopin
... [1] A big deal case which we unpacked at Srinagar proved to contain a "life-sized" work-table. The package holding our camp beds and bedding, having a humbler aspect, had been sent to Bombay and cost as a world of worry and ...
— A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil • T. R. Swinburne
... know they got 'em. It's a big deal, if she goes through. If she don't, it's like to be the finish ...
— The Ridin' Kid from Powder River • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... the line, with a shanty of his own and six-foot Olga Olafson as his brand new bride. The couple went on a wonderful honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls, all expenses paid by President Wade no less, and when they got back to their new home they found certain bulky packages and boxes piled on the big deal table that Svenson had made. Cristy Lawson's gift was a complete set of beautiful dishes and a bolt or two of dress goods and curtain material; there was a brand new, latest model repeating rifle from ...
— Every Man for Himself • Hopkins Moorhouse
... and called names and slandered," said Farquhar, regarding his rugged, ingenuous face with some curiosity. "There may be people—even in Hamlin County—who won't believe you are not up to some big deal. What are ...
— In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim • Frances Hodgson Burnett


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