big man on campus
Example Sentences
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None of them may be the big man on campus, but they represent that quaint, almost outdated notion of the “student-athlete,” and Beard chooses to honor them that way.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2019
The position isn’t as macho as linebacker; you don’t become the big man on campus kicking extra points.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016
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
