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Meanings of big league in English

The most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

Usage of big league in English
1
Watson, 22, donated his big league bucks to victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Ebony
2
The big league teams tend to hold him at a distance.
The Guardian
3
They were too few to play in the formicid big league.
Anthill: a novel
4
The dangerous Manning brothers plan to move up to the big league -politics.
Radio NZ
5
Despite its super size, the sandwich didn't quite make it into the big league.
Reuters
6
That's because big league teams in the US-andthe leagues themselves-are ,ineffect, monopolies.
Wired
7
He was, for all intents and purposes, finished as an effective big league pitcher.
The Yankee Years
8
The sport's only big league is the National Hockey League.
The new yorker
9
So you quit a job in the big league to fight for Uncle Sam?
Treat 'em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer
10
Only one of those teams is big league, so they'll both make the playoffs.
The Guardian
11
Hey, Stevie was young and celebrating the fact that he'd finally made the big league.
A match made in texas
12
If Parthus' engineers can solve this dilemma, the company will truly enter the big league.
The Irish Times
13
As a big league manager, Torre always preferred operating at low decibels, without confronting people.
The Yankee Years
14
He had been suddenly thrust into the big league.
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
15
You wanted into the big league, Larry, and it doesn't get much bigger than this.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
16
Now don't try to pull any big league stuff.
High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
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