"think big" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-us-think big.oga Forms: thinks big [present, singular, third-person], thinking big [participle, present], thought big [participle, past], thought big [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> big}} think big (third-person singular simple present thinks big, present participle thinking big, simple past and past participle thought big)
  1. (informal) To be ambitious. Tags: informal Related terms: play big, play it safe Translations (Translations): ajatella suuria (Finnish), voir grand (French), pensar ao grande (Galician), mierzyć wysoko [imperfective] (Polish)
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