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heavy hitter definition

☆ heavy hitter

  1. a baseball player who hits many home runs and other extra-base hits
  2. Slang a very important or influential person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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