BIG SHOT Definition & Meaning

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big shot

noun

Informal.

an important or influential person.

big shot

noun

informal.
an important or influential person

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Origin of big shot¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Idioms and Phrases

see under big cheese .

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“We wanted to be outsiders on the ramparts picking off the big shots,” Carter writes.

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Like he has so many times against the Lakers, the Nuggets point guard hit the big shot.

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Are the Oscars more important, more intimidating than mocking Washington big shots to their often stony faces?

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Ali Monfared, the 36-year-old head coach for Canyon, said, “It was the wildest game I’ve ever seen or been involved in. There was big shot after big shot after big shot.”

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“Preparing to take the big shot for the Bruins, No. 12, Sebastian Mack!”

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