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big wheel

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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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for big wheel

big wheel

noun

another name for a Ferris wheel
informal an important person
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with big wheel

big wheel

see under big cheese.

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