Big shot?
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">big shot</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for vip that I've seen before include "Important individual, initially" , "'High-ranking person, initially (3)'" , "Significant or high-ranking person, in short" , "Initially, individual of high status and influence" , "The red carpet is rolled out for him" .)
(Other definitions for vaccine that I've seen before include "Preparation for inoculations" , "Antibody stimulator" , "Immunity provider" , "Vice can create protection against disease" , "Antigenic preparation" .)