the big boys

plural noun

informal

: the most powerful people or companies

He'll have to work pretty hard if he wants to compete with the big boys in the industry.

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Kieran McKenna’s agent has been the performer of the summer, leveraging apparent interest from the big boys into a bumper new contract for the Ipswich manager, but there is a reason those big boys were keen. —

The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 No wonder the company, so adventurous with the big boys of literature, wanted to push even further into the stratosphere: Now, at the Bard SummerScape festival, ERS is premiering their take on James Joyce’s vertiginous Ulysses. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 June 2024 One of the many criticisms of Berhalter was his inability to compete with the big boys in world soccer. —

Alex Tabet, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024 Nonetheless, a rate cut should help the big boys too. —

Bygreg McKenna, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the big boys

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