in. to become involved in something of large or important proportions. : The conductor shouted at the oboist, “You're playing in the big leagues now. Tune up or ship out.”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Play in the big leaguesis always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
