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heavy hitter
heavy hittern. Informal One that is important or influential: a heavy hitter in the field of economics.heavy hitter n informal another term for big hitter2 heav′y hit′ter
n. Informal. a very important or influential person. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | heavy hitter - an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested inimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
heavy hitter
heavy hitter1. An extremely successful, important, or influential person. John is a real heavy hitter in the world of finance. Many people have tried to copy his success.2. A high-scoring athlete, especially a baseball player. The team would be foolish to trade their heavy hitter. He's the reason the team did well this season.See also: heavy, hitterheavy hitterAn important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry. This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant "hitting hard," and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s. See also: heavy, hitterheavy hitterA person who gets results. This American colloquialism probably alludes to baseball’s best hitter, the player who gets a home run when the bases are loaded. Heavy has been used for “important” and “influential” since the mid-1800s. Its pairing with hitter and transfer to business and politics occurred about a century later. For example, “The heaviest hitters in the magazine industry are reputedly losing their collective grip” (Publishers Weekly, Aug. 10, 1990).See also: heavy, hitterheavy hitter
Words related to heavy hitternoun an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested inRelated Words- important person
- influential person
- personage
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