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high-browIntellectualRate it:

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get high on one’s own supplyAs an idiom: to become overly confident or arrogant about one’s own hype, talk, image, abilities, ideas, products or accomplishments to the point of losing perspective and objectivity; letting (something) go to your headRate it:

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high as a kiteVery much under the influence of drugs, extremely high.Rate it:

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high noteSomething's climax or best achievement.Rate it:

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high timeA very enjoyable or exciting experience or period of time.Rate it:

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high wiretightropeRate it:

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high-tail itTo hurry or run; often, to flee.Rate it:

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leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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ride highTo enjoy good fortune; to be in a privileged situation; to be particularly happy or proud.Rate it:

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ain't no mountain high enoughno barrier or obstacle will stand in one's way in reaching his/her objectiveRate it:

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leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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shittin in high cottonLiving well, often above one's meansRate it:

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blow sky highTo totally destroy and cause to explodeRate it:

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get off one's high horseTo stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner.Rate it:

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at the high portOr in a charge.Rate it:

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knee high to a grasshopperShort; especially relating to when the subject was a small child.Rate it:

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with one's head held highproudly, with prideRate it:

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come hell or high waterRegardless of the hardships.Rate it:

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at the high portAt once; unhesitatingly; quickly and vigorously.Rate it:

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high groundA position of advantage or superiority in a conflict or competition.Rate it:

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hold one's head highto act with pride; to be proud in a positive wayRate it:

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come down off your high horse!Appearing Haughty, Belligerent, Egotistical,Rate it:

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friends in high placesFriends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered.Rate it:

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get highTo intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances.Rate it:

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hell or high waterHighly adverse circumstances; acts of God.Rate it:

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high and drystrandedRate it:

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high and loweverywhereRate it:

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high and mightyA social or economic group wielding undue power, influence or economic clout.Rate it:

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

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high as a kiteA person's internal condition of jubilation, enthusiasm, expectation, apprehension, obvious to others from the person's body language, verbal expressions, demeanor.Rate it:

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high cottonThe best of times; a time of well being.Rate it:

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high fiveWhen someone says "high five" they are asking you to give them a high five--to tap the palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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high five. down low. too slow.Something Americans do to have fun and form friendships--a bonding thing; camaraderie.Rate it:

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high groundA location which is at a relatively high elevation, especially in comparison to the immediate surrounding area.Rate it:

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high horseTo show in your actions and expressions that you are superior to others, arrogant and haughtyRate it:

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high impactThe striking of one thing against another at a high altitude.Rate it:

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high jinkstomfooleryRate it:

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high noonExactly noon; midday; the middle of the day.Rate it:

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high noteThe highest and usually climactic note of a song or composition, especially one that is difficult to reach.Rate it:

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high noteUsed other than as an idiom: see high, note.Rate it:

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high on the hogWell off; living comfortably or extravagantly.Rate it:

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high roadA main road or highway.Rate it:

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high roadA course of action which is honorable, dignified, or respectable.Rate it:

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high strangenessA quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd.Rate it:

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high timeA point in time at which something desirable or necessary is considered to be utterly due or even overdue to occur.Rate it:

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hit the high notesTo produce or attain, at least for a period of time, an especially satisfactory degree of achievement or fulfilment.Rate it:

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hold your head highStand erect, shoulders back, head high for actions taken over, up and beyond the ordinary response to the challenge.Rate it:

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I have high blood pressureIndicates that the speaker has hypertension.Rate it:

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in high dudgeonResentfully or furiously.Rate it:

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in high gearserious and intenseRate it:

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