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Noun: big deal  big deel
Usage: informal
  1. Anything of great importance or consequence
     
  2. An important influential person
    "she's a big deal in local politics";
    - big shot [informal], big gun [informal], big wheel [N. Amer, informal], big cheese [informal], big enchilada [informal], big fish [informal], head honcho [N. Amer, informal]

Type of: importance, important person, influential person, personage