big deal
noun
: something of special importance
what's the big deal?
—sometimes used ironically as an interjection
Examples of big deal in a Sentence
The party was a big deal.
The cost didn't seem like much to me, but I know it was a big deal for many people.
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Halloween in Conway, South Carolina, wasn’t always a big deal.
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Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Somebody in baseball is going to be willing to give Story a big deal.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Losing back-to-back games is no big deal.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
This bigger-than-big deal reflects the popularity of van der Kolk’s Body Keeps the Score, which has sold millions of copies in 36 languages and spent nearly seven years on the Times’s Bestseller List as of August 2025.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Somebody in baseball is going to be willing to give Story a big deal.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Losing back-to-back games is no big deal.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
This bigger-than-big deal reflects the popularity of van der Kolk’s Body Keeps the Score, which has sold millions of copies in 36 languages and spent nearly seven years on the Times’s Bestseller List as of August 2025.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big deal
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“Big deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20deal. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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