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Noun: big enchilada
Usage: informal
  1. An important influential person
    "he thinks he's a big enchilada";
    - big shot [informal], big gun [informal], big wheel [N. Amer, informal], big cheese [informal], big deal [informal], big fish [informal], head honcho [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: big enchiladas

Type of: important person, influential person, personage

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big brown bat
big bucks
big business
big businessman
big cat
big cheese
big deal
Big Dipper
big dipper
Big Easy
big enchilada
big fish
big game
big girl's blouse
big gun
big H
big hand
big league
big leaguer
big marigold
big money