high-stepping

[ hahy-step-ing ]

/ ˈhaɪˈstɛp ɪŋ /

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adjective

seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.

(of a horse) moving with the leg raised high.

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Origin of high-stepping

First recorded in 1840–50

high-stepper, noun

Steadily, our gunman pushed forward, his mule high-stepping through brush.
An Obsessive’s Search for a Lost Jungle City|Christopher S. Stewart|December 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Brought him a high-stepping, fiery, thoroughbred colt which was the admiration and envy of all Riveredge.
Three Little Women|Gabrielle E. Jackson
He was in a stylish top buggy, behind a pair of high-stepping bays.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
I must tell you before I forget it about the friend with the high-stepping horses.
Daisy|Miranda Eliot Swan

Is not that his high-stepping mare and his beanpole of a figure riding beside Benito in yon cloud of dust?
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
Molly and May thought it great fun to jump across the streets on the high stepping-stones which they found at every crossing.
The Sunbonnet Babies in Italy|Eulalie Osgood Grover