big break

(noun) When an artist is first noticed and begins to be successful. Now people know who he/she is, and he/she gets more work and becomes more popular. GET A BIG BREAK(noun) When an artist is first noticed and begins to be successful. Now people know who he... More. “He got his first big break(noun) When an artist is first noticed and begins to be successful. Now people know who he... More when a record producer saw him singing in a bar.”