Phrase guide

in a big way

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

To a great extent, emphatically, or with great passion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • 1956, US Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States", U.S. Government Printing Office. "We are moving up into the northwest in a big way next year so maybe I'll have a chance to come and visit you yet."

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  • Spanish: a lo grande — Translations