high on

1. Under the influence of alcohol or a drug. For example, I think he got high on marijuana before he came to the party . [c. 1930]

2. Very enthusiastic about, as in They were high on video games . [1940s]

Example Sentences

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander insisted that whisky was "very high" on the UK's list of trade priorities and had been part of negotiations for months.

From BBC

A British Airways flight attendant who was found naked and high on drugs in a plane toilet during a transatlantic flight has been told by a judge he "let himself down".

From BBC

Supreme Court precedents have set the bar very high on what counts as an incitement to violence.

From Salon

None of that seems high on Gov. DeSantis’ agenda.

From Slate

Marathon’s Los Angeles Refinery — the largest refinery on the West Coast — was also high on the list.

From Los Angeles Times

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