BIG ENCHILADA Definition & Meaning

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big enchilada

Slang.

someone regarded as the most important, influential, or dominant person in an organization:
The police are hoping to catch the syndicate's big enchilada in the next raid.

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First recorded in 1970–75; on the pattern of such expressions as big cheese, big wheel, etc.

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see under big cheese .

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He’s been dogged by the notion that he’s somehow too young for the big enchilada.

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All we are sure of at this point is that Donald Trump is very likely on the cusp of another federal indictment and this one is the big enchilada.

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Mr. DeSantis, appearing on Fox News on Thursday, said Mr. Trump was “the big enchilada” on political endorsements when he was president.

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The big enchilada, of course, will be the inevitable impeachment of President Biden.

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This is “the big enchilada” of the legislative package, is how a friendly Republican lawmaker put it.

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