big show

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English

Noun

big show (plural big shows)

  1. The largest and most prominent performance in a circus.
  2. (sports) The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues.
    • 2010, Ted Taylor, The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954, page 70:
      He was thirty-one when he finally made it to the big show, having labored in the minors since 1924.
    • 2011, Robert Montes, White Mexican, page 316:
      These Swedes also had a ticket to the big show of hockey, after their high school careers.

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