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HIGH-UP

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• 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.

• 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)

"All hat and no cattle."
(English proverb)
"Do not hide like the mouse behind the pot."
(Albanian proverb)
"Complaining to someone other than God is disgraceful."
(Arabic proverb)
"An open path never seems long."
(Corsican proverb)

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