big timeadverb
uk/ˈbɪɡ ˌtaɪm/us/ˈbɪɡ ˌtaɪm/informalIf you do something big time, you do it to a great degree:
"How was the interview?" "Terrible, I messed up big time."
Chrissy's into skiing big time (= likes skiing a lot).
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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big timenoun
uk/ˈbɪɡ ˌtaɪm/us/ˈbɪɡ ˌtaɪm/informalthe big time
the state of being famous or successful:
She finally hit the big time (= became famous or successful) with her latest novel.
You've really made the big time now (= become famous or successful).
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Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- boom
- dizzy
- escapade
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- laugh
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
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Fame and famous
big-time
adjective usuk/ˈbɪɡ.taɪm/
highest or most successful:
Steve Largent was regarded as Seattle's first big-time football star.