"big name" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1915, Zane Grey, chapter 11, in The Lone Star Ranger:",
          "text": "He made a big name in the war. And since he's been in the ranger service he's done wonders.",
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          "text": "Do you want to go out there and do the right things or do you want to make that big hit to gain a big name?",
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        "A widely-known reputation, especially one that is favorable."
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        "(idiomatic) A widely-known reputation, especially one that is favorable."
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          "word": "fame"
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          "ref": "1917, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 4, in Marching Men:",
          "text": "\"You don't want me, you want a big name. They're all set to hang you over there. . . . It's a job for the biggest and best criminal lawyer in town.\"",
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          "ref": "1949 April 10, Owen Lattimore, \"Big Problem is to Make UN Work, Too,\" Sunday Herald (Connecticut USA), p. 12 (retrieved 10 Oct 2013)",
          "text": "With the big names of Europe assembled in Washington for the signing of the Atlantic Pact, the pact itself and its implications continue to be the world's biggest story."
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          "ref": "2004 Mach 26, Richard Corliss, \"That Old Feeling at 100,\" Time (retrieved 10 Oct 2013)",
          "text": "[J]ust before Christmas 1983 . . . our editors were alerted that the surrealist painter Joan Miro had died. (A big name almost always dies around Christmas.)"
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        "A prominent individual, especially one who is favorably regarded."
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        "(idiomatic) A prominent individual, especially one who is favorably regarded."
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          "word": "important person"
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          "sense": "a prominent individual",
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          "text": "[J]ust before Christmas 1983 . . . our editors were alerted that the surrealist painter Joan Miro had died. (A big name almost always dies around Christmas.)"
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        "(idiomatic) A prominent individual, especially one who is favorably regarded."
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      "sense": "a prominent individual",
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