Idiom
big boys
Meaning
The people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Small shops struggle to compete with the big boys.”
“If you want to win this contract, you must prepare to negotiate with the big boys in the industry.”
“The startup realized that to survive the market shift, it needed to form a strategic alliance with the big boys of the technology sector.”
Examples
simple
“Small shops struggle to compete with the big boys.”
contextual
“If you want to win this contract, you must prepare to negotiate with the big boys in the industry.”
complex
“The startup realized that to survive the market shift, it needed to form a strategic alliance with the big boys of the technology sector.”
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