big time
Speech parts
1. big time - Noun
2. big time - Adjective
3. big time - Adverb
Meaning
the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment)
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big-time
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Examples
Amid mounting public anger and shriveling resources, even big-time tanker operators admit their industry is out of control.
After all, when "small time" theatres could offer "big time" performers on screen at a nickel a seat, who could ask audiences to pay higher amounts for less impressive live talent?
And they came out big-time in the 2018 mid-term election to flip several traditionally Republican seats.
Architecture The most striking examples of Gilded Age theater architecture were commissioned by the big time vaudeville magnates and stood as monuments of their wealth and ambition.
After breaking out big time as James Bond in 1962's "Dr.
“Akufo-Addo has failed Ghanaians big time, yet John Mahama is not an alternative.