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View synonyms for big shot

big shot

noun

Informal.

  1. an important or influential person.

big shot

noun

  1. informal,  an important or influential person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of big shot1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Idioms and Phrases

see under big cheese.

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