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heavy hitter
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heavy hitter
n.
One that is predominant, as in influence or power: "Especially when a candidate is a challenger, appearances with heavy hitters from the party lend an air of credibility" (Linda Feldmann).

heavy hitter
n
Informal another term for big hitter [2]
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Noun1.heavy hitter - an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events


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When questioned on his presence among the heavy hitters, Kaye refused to comment.
When, however, he's earnestly finding too many intertextual links to the writings of literary, anthropological, philosophical or psychological heavy hitters, his musical passion gets lost in translation.
The skaters have to be legit ams with appropriate sponsors to enter, so basically it's the heavy hitters who are in this shit.
 
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