big dog
noun
informal
: a notably prominent, important, or powerful person, organization, etc. : big gun
Moeller is the defending state champs, so they're the big dog until you knock them off.
Rick Wilson, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2013
Rick Wilson, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2013As I sat in front of my computer, … the big dogs in the newsroom came up to me, one by one, offering nuggets of diehard conservative newsroom wisdom and congratulations. Brooke Parkhurst, Belle in the Big Apple: A Novel with Recipes, 2009
Brooke Parkhurst, Belle in the Big Apple: A Novel with Recipes, 2009
Word History
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
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