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heavy hitter
noun
- a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- a very important or influential person:
the secretary of state and other heavy hitters.
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- heavy-hitter adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heavy hitter1
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Idioms and Phrases
An important or influential individual or organization. For example, This publishing house is one of the heavy hitters in the textbook industry . This expression originated in sports such as boxing, where it literally meant “hitting hard,” and was transferred to other enterprises in the mid-1900s.Discover More
Example Sentences
SAC is represented by Jonathan Gasthalter, a partner of PR heavy-hitter Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Former Florencia 13 heavy hitter Alfred Lomas says that gang members were far from the only participants in the riots.
Although Makune was not a heavy hitter, he had done remarkable work for the first of the season, and Dayguild was afraid of him.
McGherity, the next man up, was a notoriously heavy hitter, and Tom purposely gave him a pass to first.
But another heavy hitter was up, and there was still work for Baseball Joe to do.
The first man up was a notoriously heavy hitter, and Joe felt tempted to give him his base on balls.
Sid, in particular, has developed into a heavy hitter, and the nine depend upon him to bring in the needed runs.
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