big hitter

English

Noun

big hitter (plural big hitters)

  1. (informal) A powerful and influential person.
    • 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
      It is easy to forget, given the lack of an impressive Transport Secretary since Patrick McLoughlin, that there have been several big hitters in the job.
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