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talk a big game

talk a big game verb: synonym of talk a good game.

Verb

talk a big game (third-person singular simple present talks a big game, present participle talking a big game, simple past and past participle talked a big game)

  1. Synonym of talk a good game.
    • That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic
    • You think you're so fucking cool? Huh? / You think you're so fucking tough? / You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck2019, 100 gecs, “money machine”, in 1000 gecs

Synonyms of talk a big game

Forms of talk a big game

third-person singular presenttalks a big game
present participletalking a big game
past participletalked a big game
pasttalked a big game

Questions about talk a big game

What does talk a big game mean?
Talk a big game means synonym of talk a good game.
What part of speech is talk a big game?
Talk a big game is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk a big game?
The past tense of talk a big game is talked a big game.

Words near talk a big game in the dictionary

  1. Talivan
  2. Talivans
  3. Taliyah
  4. talizumab
  5. talk
  6. talk a big game
  7. talk a blue streak
  8. talk a good game
  9. talk a mile a minute
  10. talk about
  11. talk about the weather

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