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big idea

noun

Informal.
  1. any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited:

    You're always coming around here with your big ideas.

  2. purpose; intention; aim:

    What's the big idea of shouting at me?



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of big idea1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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The Thatcher government's big idea was that they weren't just going to sell the shares in state owned utilities to big businesses or investors.

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“I had a big idea,” Bergstrom said.

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Davies, who was born County Durham, has also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, written a memoir, and hosted TV series Ultimate Wedding Planners and The Big Idea Works.

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Buried in everything that happened in this exhausting first week of the new Trump administration, then, is this important big idea: Trump seeks to govern through cruelty and loyalty.

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Watching Ally and Jay bicker about work while dodging blades, the movie’s one big idea beams in all-caps: “His Girl Friday the 13th.”

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