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What does loom large mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To have a great deal of importance, presence, power, or sway; to be of great significance or concern; by extension, to pose a likely threat or danger.
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Coincidences play their part and minor matters can suddenly loom large because small things come to symbolise what is fundamental.
This fire has five tongues of flames, which loom large like the dragon tongues.
As urban areas loom large as potential battlefields, Army armored and mechanized forces face a real challenge.
Education, training, and development issues loom large in the midst of the current health human resources challenges.
While she may not be in the first flush of youth, she is hardly an unsightly wreck, and the faults she highlights about her body loom large to no one except her.
Exercise does not loom large, although one imagines someone so much married went in for a few physical jerks.

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