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Idiom

big boy

Meaning

A large object or person.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That big boy is the heaviest box in the warehouse.”

“When the new delivery truck arrived, everyone agreed that it was a real big boy compared to our old van.”

“The crane operator carefully maneuvered the big boy into position, ensuring the massive steel beam settled perfectly onto the foundation.”

Examples

simple

“That big boy is the heaviest box in the warehouse.”

contextual

“When the new delivery truck arrived, everyone agreed that it was a real big boy compared to our old van.”

complex

“The crane operator carefully maneuvered the big boy into position, ensuring the massive steel beam settled perfectly onto the foundation.”

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