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HIGH-UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-up mean?

• HIGH-UP (noun)
The noun HIGH-UP has 1 sense:

1. an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

Familiarity information: HIGH-UP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HIGH-UP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An important or influential (and often overbearing) person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dignitary; high muckamuck; high-up; panjandrum; very important person; VIP

Hypernyms ("high-up" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)

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