a big wheel
An important, successful, or influential person. After Mark successfully persuaded both sides to pass the budget, people considered him to be quite a big wheel in the political arena. Did you hear that Kelly got promoted to senior analyst? She's a big noise now. He's a big wheel in the financial world, so he could really help your career.
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big wheel
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a big wheel
A big wheel in an organization or society is someone who has an important and powerful position in it. He's a big wheel in the Department of Science now. They flew Gene to New York, where Jack's uncle was a big wheel at Memorial Hospital.
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a ˌbig ˈcheese/ˈwheel
(informal) an important person with a lot of influence in an organization, etc: His father’s a big wheel in the textile industry.In this sense, ‘cheese’ comes from the Urdu word chiz, meaning ‘thing’.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
big wheel
n. a very important person. Some big wheel wrote the order. Don’t blame me.
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