"in a big way" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in a big way, {{en-PP}} in a big way
  1. (idiomatic) To a great extent, emphatically, or with great passion. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): a lo grande (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_a_big_way-en-prep_phrase-lJUh7xnK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "1956, US Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, \"Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States\", U.S. Government Printing Office.\n\"We are moving up into the northwest in a big way next year so maybe I'll have a chance to come and visit you yet.\""
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          "ref": "2008, Henry Abraham, How to Write a Book in 90 Days in God's Way",
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