"talk a big game" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks a big game [present, singular, third-person], talking a big game [participle, present], talked a big game [participle, past], talked a big game [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk a big game (third-person singular simple present talks a big game, present participle talking a big game, simple past and past participle talked a big game)
  1. Alternative form of talk a good game Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: talk a good game
    Sense id: en-talk_a_big_game-en-verb-~jVLpkuX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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