quite something

noun

: a major event

It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.

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Even in the very different context of the South American international game, where the tempo of play is slightly more relaxed and teams retain possession in deep positions without being pressured immediately, this was quite something. —Michael Cox, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025

Each Chieftain Range Rover is a bespoke affair, which means the interior is really quite something to behold. —Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2025

The Norwegian league is not the strongest in the world but a 15-year-old playing central midfield against grown men is quite something. —Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

The sight of those two tearing through the opposition was quite something. —Sam Lee, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024

The facilities at Cambridge Beaches' Ocean Spa are perhaps more memorable than the massage but both are quite something to experience. —Rebekah Evans, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024

The speed with which these opinions changed once England started winning under their new manager was quite something to behold. —Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024

Only two cameras, lighting shot by shot, and filming more than 20 pages of script per unit, per day… quite something. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024

To actually get into a Gucci show at this time was quite something. —Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024