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big deal
[ big deel ]
noun
- an important or impressive person or thing:
to make a big deal out of nothing;
I hear he's a big deal on Wall Street now.
- (used ironically as an interjection to indicate that one considers something to be unimportant or unimpressive):
So you're the mayor's cousin—big deal!
big deal
interjection
- slang.an exclamation of scorn, derision, etc, used esp to belittle a claim or offer
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Origin of big deal1
Idioms and Phrases
- (it’s) no big deal. no big deal
Example Sentences
President Trump described the episode as "not a big deal", while National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who set up the group, said on Tuesday night that he took "full responsibility" for it.
In the run up to today's call, Donald Trump made a big deal of his conversation with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Gibson's story illustrates why this is such a big deal.
“Nothing like this was being made — especially at studios. So I thought, ‘OK, this is a big deal.’â€
That is a really big deal because it would mean police could raid the warehouses storing the dinghies.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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