the big city

noun phrase

—used to refer to a particular city without naming it

I grew up on a farm, so my move to the big city was a big change.

life in the big city

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Howard and other legends like Lieber also wrote about fantasy stories in the big city. —

Rob Wieland, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 And in neighborhoods with vast amounts of contiguous green space, agricultural romantics with dreams of country-like living within the big city are taking on ambitious farming and homesteading operations as if in a verdant Michigan farm town. —

Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024 The film is a drama about a young man who flees the big city during COVID and moves into a deserted house in the countryside. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024 The movie follows a dancer (Britt Robertson) who gets cut from her company in the big city and returns home to her small town, only to find that her parents’ local performing arts venue is at risk of being closed. —

Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the big city

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