big government
noun
variants or Big Government
chiefly US
: government that is regarded as infringing upon the rights of individual citizens because of its extensive bureaucracy and intrusive regulations and policies
Big government, in the minds of many Americans, had become the problem, not the solution.
Tom Morganthau
Tom MorganthauEspecially coming from a Republican, the Hyde proposals smack uncharacteristically of Big Government, critics say. John Cloud
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the Biden era, big government and big business are in political business together. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Now, much of the phrase’s progressive history has been lost, as Republicans argue that big government is the enemy. Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 To the bill’s supporters, these provisions represent the benefits of big government spending. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022 This is big government coming into your doctor’s office, your bedroom. Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News, 8 July 2022 When quarterly tax payments became part of my life as an entrepreneur, my antipathy to big government grew. WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022 Because this is big government telling people what to do. NBC News, 10 Apr. 2022 The conservatism of the Tafts, John W. Bricker, and George Voinovich; traditionalist, cautious to a fault, modest, suspicious of big government programs or entanglements abroad. Cliff Schecter, The New Republic, 4 May 2022 The crypto space in India, as elsewhere, is unregulated, by design of course since the entire point is to circumvent centralised control like big government, big banks and, in the case of NFTs, thumb a nose at ‘big art’ (already barely regulated). Kamayani Sharma, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2022 See More
The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Now, much of the phrase’s progressive history has been lost, as Republicans argue that big government is the enemy. Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 To the bill’s supporters, these provisions represent the benefits of big government spending. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022 This is big government coming into your doctor’s office, your bedroom. Yamiche Alcindor, NBC News, 8 July 2022 When quarterly tax payments became part of my life as an entrepreneur, my antipathy to big government grew. WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022 Because this is big government telling people what to do. NBC News, 10 Apr. 2022 The conservatism of the Tafts, John W. Bricker, and George Voinovich; traditionalist, cautious to a fault, modest, suspicious of big government programs or entanglements abroad. Cliff Schecter, The New Republic, 4 May 2022 The crypto space in India, as elsewhere, is unregulated, by design of course since the entire point is to circumvent centralised control like big government, big banks and, in the case of NFTs, thumb a nose at ‘big art’ (already barely regulated). Kamayani Sharma, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
- for sure
- for that
- for that matter
- for the asking
- for the best
- for the better
- for the birds
- for the chop
- for the common good
- for the common/public good
- for the duration
- for the foreseeable future
- for the good of
- for the hell of it
- for the life of one
- for the long haul
- for the love of God
- for the love of mike
- for the love of Mike/Pete
- for the love of pete
- for the meantime
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for the public good
- for the record