- big shot
- big shot "important person," 1929, Amer.Eng., from Prohibition-era gangster slang; earlier in the same sense was great shot (1861). Ultimately a reference to large type of gunshot.
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big´-shot´ — big shot, Slang. an important person. –big´ shot´, adjective … Useful english dictionary
big shot — [n] important person big cheese*, big gun*, big wheel*, bigwig*, celebrity, dignitary, heavy hitter*, heavyweight*, mogul, personage, somebody, VIP; concept 423 … New thesaurus
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