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high-up

[hahy-uhp]
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adjective
  1. holding a high position or rank.
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noun, plural high-ups.
  1. a person holding a high position or rank; higher-up.
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Origin of high-up

First recorded in 1865–70; noun, adj. use of high up
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Related Words

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  • Many's the time I've heard him give the minister his answer, and the high-up people, too.

    The Foolish Lovers

    St. John G. Ervine

  • No; the fine 273 work—the high-up stuff, is done by Breslau and Weishelm.

    The Dark Star

    Robert W. Chambers

  • But he had to return to the high-up little room; and that night he lay awake.

    The Quest

    Frederik van Eeden

  • What was that high-up thing the prayer-man was a-standin' on?

  • There are some high-up Belgian officers at the hotel to-night.

    Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley

    C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for high-up

high-up

noun
  1. informal a person who holds an important or influential position
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