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high and mighty

A social or economic group wielding undue power, influence or economic clout.
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The high and mighty are to be found at the Fairlawn Country Club on pleasant afternoons.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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high and mightyOverbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.
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