higher-up

[ hahy-er-uhp ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.

higher-up

noun

1. informal.
   a person of higher rank or in a superior position

Word History and Origins

Origin of higher-up¹

1910–15, Americanism; noun use of adj. phrase higher up

Example Sentences

Eleven other higher-up employees in Autism Speaks earned well into six figures that year.

From The Daily Beast

For one, wind is stronger and more consistent the higher up you go.

From The Daily Beast

She replied: “If I did, it would be with someone much higher up the command chain than you.”

From The Daily Beast

The city offers more subsidies, higher up the income scale, than almost any place else in America.

From The Daily Beast

He explained with difficulty in bad French that he had seen a drama a bit higher up.

From The Daily Beast

From higher up, at the level of the hidden bed, came the regular plaintive respiration of Sarah Gailey.

From Project Gutenberg

The northern lights crept higher up the sky with a stronger glow.

From Project Gutenberg

On the land people drew the boats higher up the banks; every living thing sought shelter, and the rain poured down in torrents.

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Naturally, such proceedings would not have been reported, from fear of the necessity of sharing with those "higher up."

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Fifty minutes there for photos; then hurried on in the hope of seeing more higher up and at a greater distance.

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