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big as the Beatles

big as the Beatles adjective: very popular.

Adjective

big as the Beatles (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very popular.
    • Teen-agers sing out his name / Big as the Beatles / Sing out in chorus / Everybody loves Lyndon Baines!1964, Tedd Browne, “Everybody Loves Lyndon”, in LBJ Musical Portrait
    • Wendell [Burton] stated that he feels Crosby, Stills, and Nash could be as big as the Beatles if they wanted to be since they compose their own music and back themselves up instrumentally.1970 September 7, “Review”, in Psyche Pscene

Questions about big as the Beatles

What does big as the Beatles mean?
Big as the Beatles means very popular.
What part of speech is big as the Beatles?
Big as the Beatles is an adjective.

Words near big as the Beatles in the dictionary

  1. Big Ange
  2. Big Apple
  3. big as a barn
  4. big as a house
  5. big as bull-beef
  6. big as the Beatles
  7. big ask
  8. big asks
  9. big ass
  10. Big Ass Lake
  11. big babies

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