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big gun

–noun Slang.
an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
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big gun  
n.   Slang
One that is powerful or influential: The big guns for the prosecution were its expert witnesses.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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big gun

  1. n.
    an important and powerful person, such as an officer of a company. (Often with bring in as in the example.) : I knew they would bring in the big guns at the last minute.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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