bigtime

Definitions

Of major significance or importance.

Equivalents

Examples

“Wait⟳ till you see⟳ your name⟳ in two-foot electrics over the front of every big-time house in the country.”

“Krasnow is a big-time operator; I’ve always been, you might say⟳, in the peanut end⟳ of the game.”

“'On the level, honey, I have⟳ an all-time, big-time need⟳ for coffee.'”

“Tired of shelling out bigtime bucks to see⟳ overpaid major leaguers with underwhelming stats and attitudes to match⟳, baseball fans by the thousands are rediscovering a more relaxed—and cheaper—version of the national pastime: the minor leagues.”

“With a previous conviction in 1954 for receiving tins of corned beef, Betchley was hardly bigtime.”

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