heavy artillery

heavy artillery

Important, successful, or influential people. After failing to convince the IT department that implementing new network security controls would be in everyone's best interest, Mike felt it was time to bring in the heavy artillery, so he called a company meeting with the executive board.
See also: artillery, heavy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

heavy artillery

n. powerful or persuasive persons or things. (The same as big gun.) Finally, the mayor brought out the heavy artillery and quieted things down.
See also: artillery, heavy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • artillery
  • succeed in
  • succeed in (something)
  • buy in
  • change (someone's) mind
  • entice
  • entice (someone or something) into (something)
  • convert
  • be preaching to the converted
  • put (something) into effect
References in periodicals archive
Faller, who writes about artillery, researched diaries, memoirs, journals, and collections of letters to document the history of the Indiana Jackass Regiment, the 21st Infantry/1st Heavy Artillery, during the Civil War.
Also cities and townships of Al-Bab, Al-Ebizmo and Hayyan in Aleppo suburbs were targeted by heavy artillery gunfire by the Syrian regime forces.
Car combat is perhaps the best way to describe the concept, this is all about high-octane racing with a huge smattering of heavy artillery and relentless action Multiplayer is - to put it bluntly - utter carnage, a huge amount of fun and has some great modes.
In the First World War soldiers were shot as cowards for suffering trauma from living through month after month of heavy artillery. The saga of veterans who say their health was damaged by the exposure to radiation during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s still rumbles on today.
In times when the company is trying to save the newspaper Utrinski vesnik, A1 TV uses heavy artillery to attack the management of WAZ.
--Rebels Exchange Heavy Artillery Fire with Gaddafi's Forces near Zlitan
Joe Frazier, Frank Bruno and Steve Collins are the heavy artillery on display.
The CBS News quoted American commanders as saying that the insurgents are now fleeing in droves, thanks to the increased use of heavy artillery and air assaults.
Summary: Pakistani forces backed by heavy artillery attacked Taliban on Monday as the army moved to wrest control of militant strongholds in a lawless region on the Afghan border.
The outbreak of self-congratulation in Delhi when Colombo announced that it would cease using heavy artillery and air power against the trapped LTTE was not really self-delusion, it was a desperate attempt by ruling coalition politicians to chalk up talking points for the elections in Tamil Nadu.
In an apparent coup attempt, the soldiers attacked President Joao Bernardo Vieira's home with heavy artillery fire, killing at least one of his guards and injuring several others before security forces were able to push them back, Interior Minister Cipriano Cassama said earlier.
SOME heavy artillery will be returning to action this weekend at Shelbourne when the valuable Tote Gold Cup gets under way on Saturday, writes Michael Fortune.
Some of Ron's critics owe him an apology - and, more to the point, they ought to be aiming their heavy artillery at the suits in the Royal British Legion who are taking over control of ex-service clubs from members.
Hundreds of horses pulled heavy artillery for the invasion of Russia on the longest day in 1941.
A Defence Ministry official said troops continued to move at a slow pace amid heavy artillery from both sides.