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big cheeses

big cheeses is the plural of big cheese.

Meaning of big cheese

Noun

big cheese (plural big cheeses)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) A very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.
    • He’ll be meeting with the big cheese first thing tomorrow, to present his proposal.

Questions about big cheeses

What is big cheeses the plural of?
Big cheeses is the plural of big cheese.

Words near big cheeses in the dictionary

  1. big cassino
  2. big cat
  3. big cats
  4. Big Cay
  5. big cheese
  6. big cheeses
  7. Big Chill
  8. big chop
  9. big chops
  10. Big Creek
  11. big crunch

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