big wheel
noun Informal.
an influential or important person: a big wheel in business.
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Origin of big wheel
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby big wheel
big toe, big top, big tree, biguanide, big up, big wheel, big White Chief, bigwig, Bihar, Bihar and Orissa, Bihari
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British Dictionary definitions for big wheel
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Idioms and Phrases with big wheel
big wheel
see under big cheese.
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