high-low

[hahy-loh for 1, 3, 4; hahy-loh for 2]

noun

a game of poker in which both high and low hands are eligible to win, the pot usually being split equally between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand.
Also high·low. an ankle-high, laced shoe.
Chiefly Bridge. a signal for one's partner to lead a suit, conveyed by playing a high card and then a lower card in that suit.

adjective

having a hemline that is longer in the back than the front: high-low dresses; a high-low blouse.

Origin of high-low

First recorded in 1795–1805

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

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Contemporary Examples of high-low

This high-low discordance often is seen in tropical medicine.
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Kent Sepkowitz
August 1, 2014
Bait-and-switch was the whole glorious gimmick of high-low editing, and I am happily guilty on every count.
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Tina Brown
April 1, 2014
The last to take the runway was a shimmering gold, high-low gown with two elbow length cuffs, a thick choker, and heeled mules.
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To combat the malaise, fast food joints are pursuing a high-low strategy, or, as I prefer to dub it, the “Moms and Bros” strategy.
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Daniel Gross
November 6, 2013
Hudson, by the way, is the epitome of high-low: he arrives in a chic leather bomber jacket and a Scooby Doo backpack.
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Isabel Wilkinson
September 3, 2013