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big cheese Definition

☆ big cheese

noun

the most important person

Etymology: see cheese

big cheese Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • corporate: Such is the pressure, I suppose, of being a corporate big cheese!

Preposition: in

  • business: The congregation is made up of famous actors, famous television wallahs, big cheeses in business... and the wives and sweethearts thereof.

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