go over big (with someone)

go over big (with someone)

To be well-received, as by a group or audience. Three standing ovations! Wow, your performance really went over big! Oh, your gift went over big with the kids—they've been playing with it nonstop! That new play has really gone over big with audiences—it's impossible to get tickets now!

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go over big (with someone)

to be very much appreciated by someone. Your jokes did not exactly go over big with my parents. We hope that the musical will go over big with the audience.

See also: big, go, over

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

go over big

in. to be appreciated as a success. Well, it didn’t go over very big with the boss.

See also: big, go, over

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