big boys

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Noun

big boys

  1. plural of big boy

Noun

big boys pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural only) The people or bodies with the most influence and/or power.
    If you think you can do better than the big boys of electronic engineering, then good luck.
    • 2016 November, Robert Frost, The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (Classic Thoughts and Thinkers)‎, Book Sales, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 143:
      Joe said: “You big boys ought to find a farm,
      And make good farmers, and leave other fellows
      The city work to do. There's not enough
      For everybody as it is in there.”
      “God!” one said wildly, and, when no one spoke:
      “Say that to Jimmy here. []