be big about

Example Sentences

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Said Mrs. Vanderbilt, whose job on Ranger is "keeping the log": "Surely, we will be big about it."

From Time Magazine Archive

I decided I was going to be big about it.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Father summoned Travis and said, “You can’t let yourself get too attached, little man. This is a working farm, and you have to be big about such matters.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

I try to be big about it but can’t help wondering if I’d have a date, too, if I wasn’t walking around on a pipe.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

"Why not both of them?" he asked, like a fellow who was willing to be big about it.

From The Kenzie Report by Clifton, Mark