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HEAVY HITTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heavy hitter mean?
• HEAVY HITTER (noun)
The noun HEAVY HITTER has 1 sense:
1. an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
Familiarity information: HEAVY HITTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("heavy hitter" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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