a big/swelled head

noun

informal

: an overly high opinion of oneself

All those compliments have given him a big head.

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Tony Robbins is a big guy with big hands and a big head and big teeth, but Matt Dillon’s character, who was trying to woo Mary, was going to take that at face value and just go for a look that embodied that literally, on a much smaller head. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 Still, OpenAI gives Microsoft a big head start in AI and is forcing AWS into the unfamiliar position of trying to play catch-up. —

Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024 Tesla leads at 53%, but it’s had a big head start, having launched sales Down Under in 2014. —

Steve Mollman, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 Vuori is far behind the leaders in both realms, but then the market share leaders had a big head start. —

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