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loom large if a subject looms large, it causes people to think or worry a lot. The threat of unemployment looms large in these people's lives. See also: large loom large to be important. Car trips loom large in my family's history. Usage notes: often said of something that causes worry: The threat of tragic events loomed large over a whaling voyage. See also: large |
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Prohibition and the Great Depression loom large as the circus owner, ruthless Uncle Al, moves heaven and earth in an attempt to raise the status of his less than stellar show. amp;nbsp; Nevertheless, feed costs loom large on the feeder-cattle market radar screen, says Peel. Although her parents loom large in Achsa's life, they are, thankfully, secondary characters in the story and so their joint cliched existence doesn't make much of a dent in the emotive power of the novel. |
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