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big of one
Idioms and Phrases
Generous of one, as in It was big of Bill to give his brother his entire paycheck . This expression may be used either straightforwardly (as above) or sarcastically, as in How big of you to save the absolute worst seat for me . [c. 1940]Example Sentences
If Trump is the GOP nominee — still an “if,” but not that big of one — a tsunami of negative ads and negative coverage will quickly follow.
But how big of one, especially for a song like “Easy on Me” — a classic piano torch ballad that ignores virtually all contemporary pop standards — was unclear.
I bet not that big of one—yours was so bold a question as to suggest desperation.
Most taxpayers still got a tax cut, albeit not as big of one as it may have seemed from looking at their paychecks in 2018.
The question was how big of one.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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