major league

1. Of or pertaining to a major sports league; belonging to the professional level of a sport, such as US baseball.

2. (broadly)Analogous in importance to a major league sports team.

   That rock band is really major league.

   Calatrava is a major league architect.

3. (figuratively)Serious, high-level; significant

   The company made a major league effort to get the contract.

   Bill accidentally faxed sensitive documents to our competitors, and such a major league mess-up could only be dealt with by firing Bill.

1. The manager has put him back in the major league.

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2. Tom's team kicked some major-league ass in the tournament.

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3. Skura entered the major league by dating Yanni, the son of the richest man in town.

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4. The American League is one of the two major baseball leagues in the United States and Canada.

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5. The Los Angeles Dodgers won their first Major League Baseball World Series in more than three decades.

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