big enchilada
noun
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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1970–75; on the pattern of such expressions as big cheese, big wheel, etc.
Words nearby big enchilada
big daddy, big data, big deal, big diomede, big dipper, big enchilada, big end, big fish, big fish in a small pond, big five, big foot
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Idioms and Phrases with big enchilada
big enchilada
see under big cheese.
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