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heavy hitter
noun
- a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- a very important or influential person:
the secretary of state and other heavy hitters.
heavy hitter
noun
- informal.another term for big hitter
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of heavy hitter1
Idioms and Phrases
An important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry . This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant “hitting hard,†and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s.Example Sentences
She touted her support from heavy hitters such as the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and the county’s Federation of Labor.
The country icon’s always-stacked Outlaw Music Festival blows into the Gorge with arguably the heaviest of heavy hitter lineups this summer.
Westminster routinely attracts a roster of dog showing’s heavy hitters.
It seemed as if every major urban entertainment heavy hitter were milling around the conspicuously luxurious modern house and vast grounds.
In the early months of the campaign, Democratic heavy hitters coalesced around Mr. Schiff, 63.
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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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