Definition of "big league" []

• Sports A major league. (noun)
• Informal The most prestigious level of accomplishment. (noun)

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• "Then they all scattered — the elderly back to their chairs under the tree, the young ones to a field for soft-ball, a few men to the front porch for a big league broadcast, and the young mothers to the farmhouse where they bedded down their tots for naps."
• "The kid who inherited number 2, Derek Jeter, had a pretty lack-luster performance in his big league debut."
• "He could have made a big league baseball player, but he ruined his arm a-bowling."