on a large scale—said of smth. involving large numbers or a large area:
- Boston lacks big blocks of land that make housing construction on a large scale more economically feasible.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase in large measure—(also: in large part) to a considerable extent:
- Public—and in large measure also independent—education in the United States has undergone a process of secularization.
on the large side—rather large; a little too large:
- Although it is on the large side for slipping into a pocket it is still much smaller than a typical super zoom camera.