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Social sciences → Etymology → Phrase origins → Phrase origins, A - H → Phrases, B
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  • PPI - Lebel Michel
    I'll wager it's to do with Americans, large rifles or baseball. How they relate the expression "to be a big shot" to mean a powerful or successful person is a mystery though. In cricket if you hit a 6, that would be a pretty big shot.
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