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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

... 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

... [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

... wisdom had stirred a new thought within his breast. It had. He was beginning to wonder what would happen if Bettina's father suddenly found himself bereft of sufficient "spot cash" to take advantage of this option. Anyone having a second call on same might be fortunate enough to swing the "big deal"—and profit by it, according ...

— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various

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