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Meaning: (idiomatic)To a great extent, emphatically, or with great passion.1956, US Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States", U.S. Government Printing Office."We are moving up into the northwestin a big waynext year so maybe I'll have a chance to come and visit you yet."1998, Cal Ripken Jr, Mike Bryan,The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season:"Fred got into Pumping Ironin a big way."2008, Henry Abraham,How to Write a Book in 90 Days in God's Way:"Noah's commitment paid offin a big waywhen only he, his wife and sons and his son's wives were saved from the flood that destroyed the entire earth [...]"
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