high on
Idioms-
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]
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Very enthusiastic about, as in They were high on video games . [1940s]
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Robbie Butler, who visited the Londonderry hospital on Wednesday, said a new ED would be "incredibly high on the project list if the money becomes available".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
He sits in the end zone and has a camera that goes up so high on a tripod that it could be waving a flag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Stocks meanwhile were broadly higher, with the Nasdaq rising after hitting another all-time high on Friday in the wake of weak US jobs data.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
They currently charge the government 5.3% annual interest, a generational high, on benchmark 10-year bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Cliffs rose eighty feet high on either side of the cove, but at the southwest corner they spied a rocky beach where they could haul out.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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