big gun
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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If this appeal to latinidad still doesn’t work, Caruso brings out the big gun for his Spanish-language commercial on crime: a guy who sounds just like the Dodgers’ Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
I fired a 155 howitzer, this big gun on wheels.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2020
“I’m a big gun guy, and I’m all for background checks,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2019
His very big, big gun having been destroyed, along with his fleet of ships, he still manages to swagger out of the ocean, quite literally, and proclaim himself a king.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
The big black thing that looked like a log turned out to be a big gun.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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