big on

1. Enthusiastic about, as in Dad is big on Christmas with the whole family. [Slang; mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

Can Sphere win big on its risky gamble that there’s no place like dome?

From Los Angeles Times

“My brother, coach Davis and I are big on development,” Bryan said.

From Los Angeles Times

“My dad was really big on family, and not only family, but brotherhood. And I don’t even mean like, just biological brotherhood. I mean brotherhood and all that it entails.”

From Los Angeles Times

The hosts went big on the This is a liberal regime of coddling crime gone awry talking point right away, along with so many of their peers in the industry.

From Slate

I’d like the city to think big on behalf of the greater good — the commons, as it used to be called — instead of the individual.

From Los Angeles Times