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a big wheel a big wheelAn 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.See also: big, wheelbig wheelsee under big cheese. See also: big, wheela 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.See also: big, wheela 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’.See also: big, cheese, wheelbig wheel n. a very important person. Some big wheel wrote the order. Don’t blame me. See also: big, wheel |