big wheel
an influential or important person: a big wheel in business.
Origin of big wheel
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How to use big wheel in a sentence
They all drove little cars with great big wheels, and there was no room for their feet.
Bruce Meyers, creator of the first fiberglass dune buggy, dies at 94 | Harrison Smith | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostFlying across the sand like a four-wheeled rocket, the first fiberglass dune buggy was sleek, stylish and a little whimsical, a small car with big wheels and a tangerine-red paint job.
Bruce Meyers, creator of the first fiberglass dune buggy, dies at 94 | Harrison Smith | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostBut, by all appearances, Hirni himself relishes playing the role of a political big wheel.
"East by nothe, sir," repeated the quartermaster in mechanical tones, spinning the big wheel to the left.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayBut just then Lulu felt something pulling her down toward where the big wheel went around and around, and she got frightened.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. Garis
The old leveller, Nature, is at her eternal work of rotation, turning the big wheel round.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsI've slid over on the big wheel myself, lots of times, and gone all the way around, under water as well.
Fred Fenton on the Track | Allen ChapmanAnd then the big wheel began to turn—surr, surr, surr—always quicker and quicker.
Dame Care | Hermann Sudermann
British Dictionary definitions for big wheel
another name for a Ferris wheel
informal an important person
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Other Idioms and Phrases with big wheel
see under big cheese.
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