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Noun: big cheese  big cheez
  1. An important influential person
    "he thinks he's a big cheese";
    - big shot, big gun, big wheel, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho

Derived forms: big cheeses

Type of: important person, influential person, personage

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Big Bill Tilden
Big Blue
big board
Big Brother
big brother
big brown bat
big bucks
big business
big businessman
big cat
big cheese
big deal
Big Dipper
big dipper
Big Easy
big enchilada
big fish
big game
big girl's blouse
big gun
big H