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Big shot   /bɪg ʃɑt/   Listen
Big shot

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





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"Big shot" Quotes from Famous Books



... with those cracks, Ross," Crowley said. "Whitely used to have a seat on the Stock Exchange. A real big shot. But that was before they disbarred him, ...
— The Common Man • Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)


Words linked to "Big shot" :   influential person, personage, big fish, supremo, colloquialism, important person, knocker


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