big man on campus
Example Sentences
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If you’re asking, you’ve clearly been playing hooky when it comes to Netflix’s new original-movie empire aimed at teens, a genre in which Centineo is the big man on campus.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2019
Iran’s military boss, Qasem Suleimani, thinks he’s a big man on campus.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
Maybe Julius Randle wanted to remind everyone he was the big man on campus a full year before Towns arrived at Kentucky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2016
HA: Oh, he was big man on campus.
From Time ● Aug. 22, 2014
Plus, I was finally a big man on campus.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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