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Big deal

noun

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"

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

Words linked to "Big deal" : important person, colloquialism, importance, personage, influential person, supremo, knocker