big talk

nounInformal.

Origin of big talk

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Among all the big talk and little action, the three women are now taking extraordinary steps to help fix things themselves.
Pinterest and the Subtle Poison of Sexism and Racism in Silicon Valley | Janice Min | March 22, 2021 | Time
Instead, his legacy will be "after eight years and a lot of big talk, the economy was still terrible".
Who Gets More Damaged If We Go Over the Fiscal Cliff? | Megan McArdle | December 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But for all his big talk, Gunnar tossed and muttered that night.
Hunters Out of Space | Joseph Everidge Kelleam
The 'big talk' follows, and the presents are distributed by a chief who exercises the office of commissary.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX | Various
Of course I don't; you daresn't be frightened after all your big talk before we came out.
Little By Little | William Taylor Adams

A little dinner wouldn't make a big talk, and what we want is the big talk, at present, if we don't lay up a cent.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean Howells
A mild snicker greeted his “big talk,” and the boy flushed hotly.
The Golden Woman | Ridgwell Cullum

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