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what's the big idea

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
what's the big idea
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to express surprise or dissatisfaction with an action or statement of another person, especially to that person.

American usage; Colloquial

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What does what's the big idea mean?
Used to express surprise or dissatisfaction with an action or statement of another person, especially to that person.

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