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talk big

verb as in preach

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They usually talk big about cuts like this and then come back to Earth when they realize that many of their constituents and donors will be hit.

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DeSantis said both parties have added to the debt and “Republicans talk big when they’re out of power, but when they get in, they don’t put their money where their mouth is.”

Trump, who has spent most of the past few years desperately trying to avoid consequences for his conduct, has a well-known tendency to talk big and then fold.

Saturday’s dud fit a perturbing pattern for the Grizzlies: Talk big, then play small.

Washington state GOP Chair Caleb Heimlich enthused in a video announcing Harrington’s appearance: “She’s going to talk big picture about the battle to save our country.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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