big cheese

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big cheese

Slang an important person

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big cheese - an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"

big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

knocker - (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person

supremo - the most important person in an organization

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