big boys

noun

The people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.

“If you think you can do better than the big boys of electronic engineering, then good luck.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of big boy
nounbig boys pl (plural only)
  1. idiomaticpluralplural onlyThe people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.

    If you think you can do better than the big boys of electronic engineering, then good luck.

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    Joe said: “You big boys ought to find a farm, And make good farmers, and leave other fellows The city work to do. There's not enough For everybody as it is in there.” “God!” one said wildly, and, when no one spoke: “Say that to Jimmy here.[…]

    2016 November 28, Robert Frost, The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (Classic Thoughts and Thinkers), Book Sales, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143
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