big game
noun
1
: relatively large animals sought or taken by hunting or fishing especially for sport
2
: an important objective especially when involving risk
Examples of big game in a Sentence
They traveled to Africa to hunt big game.
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Daily active users jumped more than 1,100% to nearly 2 million on the day of the big game, the firm said.
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Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Trump took to social media during the big game’s second half to slam Bad Bunny.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
Skip the flowers The CFP talked a big game about updating the methodology used to select the 12 participants in the 2025 field.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Lil Baby, whose name is Dominique Jones, had performed at another post-Super Bowl party in the city earlier that night after attending the big game.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Trump took to social media during the big game’s second half to slam Bad Bunny.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
Skip the flowers The CFP talked a big game about updating the methodology used to select the 12 participants in the 2025 field.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Lil Baby, whose name is Dominique Jones, had performed at another post-Super Bowl party in the city earlier that night after attending the big game.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Big game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20game. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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