the big boys

plural noun

informal
: the most powerful people or companies
He'll have to work pretty hard if he wants to compete with the big boys in the industry.

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No wonder the company, so adventurous with the big boys of literature, wanted to push even further into the stratosphere: Now, at the Bard SummerScape festival, ERS is premiering their take on James Joyce’s vertiginous Ulysses. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 June 2024 One of the many criticisms of Berhalter was his inability to compete with the big boys in world soccer. Alex Tabet, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024 Nonetheless, a rate cut should help the big boys too. Bygreg McKenna, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024 The important asterisk here is that many of the big boys — like Disney+ and Netflix — are considered to be matured in the U.S. Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the big boys 

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