the big house

noun

US slang
: a building where people are kept as punishment for a crime : prison
He spent four years in the big house.

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Hulu is heading into — and then out of, presumably — the big house. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025 True to Season 1, there’s nary a bloodied corpse to be found here and the crime at hand won’t land anyone in the big house. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2025 Abdu Murray said his parents came from virtually nothing and worked their whole lives to get the big house and yard. — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 9 Dec. 2025 There, shooting parties for the royals and their friends provide much of the entertainment after the Christmas presents and lunch at the big house are over. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the big house

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