From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthink bigthink biginformalPLAN to plan to do things that are difficult, but will be very impressive, make a lot of profit etc The company is thinking big. → think
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think big• By investing over $1.2 million, Levin and his partner are thinking big.• A big man physically, he thought big.• I always encouraged Alvin to think big.• In an era of government downsizing, Texas is thinking big.• It arose in the context of the thinking of people whose job it is to think big.• To trade in a heavyweight world market Britain must think big.• Maybe he thinks big bad Deane will help if things get too rough!• Do you need to think big or to pay a lot of attention to detail?• He pressed on, thinking big, planning the largest electric furnace in the world. 