big deal
1. an important influential person - he thinks he's a big shot - she's a big deal in local politics - the Qaeda commander is a very big fish • Syn: big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: important person, influential person, personage • Hyponyms: knocker, supremo 2. anything of great importance or consequence • Hypernyms: importance
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