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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

big time

Hi,

I tried to look the phrase "big time" up in many dictionaries but I could not understand it's meaning? would someone be kind enough and explain the meaning in detail & put it in sentences?

Thanks in advance
  

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There are two meanings. " Mom to misbehaving son: You're in big time trouble, there, mister. Man to other man who just greatly offended his wife: Oh, that's going to cost you big time !

— BarbaraPA

  • There are two meanings.
  • " Mom to misbehaving son: You're in big time trouble, there, mister.
  • Man to other man who just greatly offended his wife: Oh, that's going to cost you big time !
  • The other, when used with "the," means success.
  • After years of regional theater, he finally hit the big time.
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There are two meanings.

One is a very informal was of saying roughly "to a large extent."

Mom to misbehaving son: You're in big time trouble, there, mister.

Man to other man who just greatly offended his wife: Oh, that's going to cost you big time!

The other, when used with "the," means success.

After years of regional theater, he fin
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Thanx grammer geek but I would be more grateful and thankful to you if you tell wether the 1st meaning is used as an adverb only or can be used as an adjective too ?
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*very high level of success in any given field (especially in the entertainment business)

--->"The actor dreamed of making it to the big time."


*a lot, very much, heavy duty

--->"You've helped me so much. I owe you big time. "


*the upper levels of power, success

--->"She's hit the big time with getting that fifty thousand pound contr
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Both, I think. Big time trouble is an adjective. As a phrase used only as slang, it seems to move beyond conventional parts-of-speech definition.
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