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Big time

adv, noun, slang

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Adverb
  1. 1
    By a large margin; with great significance. informal

    "A Wheel of Fortune contestant was about to win a shot at the million dollar grand prize when he bumbled his answer and lost out big time."

Noun
  1. 1
    The highest, or most prestigious level in any field, especially in entertainment.

    "This was a rare whiff of the big-time for a club whose staple diet became top-flight football for so long - the glamour was in short supply, however. Thousands of empty seats and the driving Yorkshire rain saw to that."

  2. 2
    the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment) wordnet

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