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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
... 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


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