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too big to jail

too big to jail adjective: too important or powerful to be imprisoned for one's misdeeds.

Adjective

too big to jail

  1. Too important or powerful to be imprisoned for one's misdeeds.

Origin of too big to jail

Modelled on too big to fail.

Questions about too big to jail

What does too big to jail mean?
Too big to jail means too important or powerful to be imprisoned for one's misdeeds.
What part of speech is too big to jail?
Too big to jail is an adjective.

Words near too big to jail in the dictionary

  1. too bad, so sad
  2. too big for one's boots
  3. too big for one's breeches
  4. too big for one's britches
  5. too big to fail
  6. too big to jail
  7. too clever by half
  8. too close for comfort
  9. too close to call
  10. too close to the sun
  11. Too Cool

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