sky-high

[ skahy-hahy ]
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adverb, adjective
  1. very high: Costs have gone sky-high since the war.

Origin of sky-high

1
First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby sky-high

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How to use sky-high in a sentence

  • By this time all my American inventions, which would have paralysed Europe, are blown sky high!

    Mysterious Mr. Sabin | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • To hear of Sardathion, the city built by the Gods of Old, is to see its domes of marble rising sky-high in the sunset-lighted air.

    Five Plays | Edward John Dunsany
  • There the price of lumber had been boosted sky-high, and this destroyed Dingles profits on contracts he had undertaken.

    The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • Had he not done so he and his brave comrades would have been blown sky-high by the touch of a button a mile away.

  • You can knock his insurance sky-high and get some money yourself.

    The Best Policy | Elliott Flower

British Dictionary definitions for sky-high

sky-high

adjective, adverb
  1. at or to an unprecedented or excessive level: prices rocketed sky-high

adverb
  1. high into the air

  2. blow sky-high to destroy completely

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