"big show" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The largest and most prominent performance in a circus."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
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          "sense": "highest level in a field",
          "word": "big time"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "highest level in a field",
          "word": "big league"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "highest level in a field",
          "word": "major league"
        }
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
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          "ref": "2010, Ted Taylor, The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954, page 70:",
          "text": "He was thirty-one when he finally made it to the big show, having labored in the minors since 1924.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Robert Montes, White Mexican, page 316:",
          "text": "These Swedes also had a ticket to the big show of hockey, after their high school careers.",
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      "glosses": [
        "The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues."
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        "(sports) The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "big show"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The largest and most prominent performance in a circus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
        ]
      ]
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        "en:Sports"
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          "ref": "2010, Ted Taylor, The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954, page 70:",
          "text": "He was thirty-one when he finally made it to the big show, having labored in the minors since 1924.",
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          "text": "These Swedes also had a ticket to the big show of hockey, after their high school careers.",
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        "The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues."
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        "(sports) The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues."
      ],
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        "sports"
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    {
      "sense": "highest level in a field",
      "word": "big time"
    },
    {
      "sense": "highest level in a field",
      "word": "big league"
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    {
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  "word": "big show"
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