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ˈhigh-up, a. colloq., orig. dial.
[f. high a. + up adv.2]
In a high or elevated position, high above the ground; also fig., of high place or rank.
1868J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland s.v., He's some desput high-up chap. 1899S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 155 There was a lot of high-up folk being entertained. 1899Westm. Gaz. 12 June 1/3 The gilt-edged lies of the high-up men. 1903Book Lover May 3/1 In a high-up room in the Rue Lafayette. 1918C. Wells Vicky Van ii. 23 A high-up Publican. 1920J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 219 Our ‘high up’ officers were..somewhere in town. 1934E. Bowen Cat Jumps 74 The skies were disturbed by a high-up swift rustling sigh: the summer birds flying south. 1940‘G. Orwell’ Notebooks 24 June in World Review (1950) June 27 High-up influences in England are preparing for a..sell-out. 1942A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood iv. 82 Myself sitting in the high-up baby's chair with the little tray attached in front. 1961Guardian 27 May 3/7 His penetrating assessment of high-up American attitudes to Cuba.
Also colloq. as n., a person of high rank or status. Cf. higher-up.
1929W. R. Burnett Little Caesar vii. vi. 299 Rico got in touch with some of the high-ups. 1939News Review 30 Nov. 13/1 As time went on, the Nazi high-ups took Admiral Raeder's advice. 1946J. Richardson Phoney Phleet 150 Two high-ups, lordly ones, or nobs. 1949‘M. Innes’ Journeying Boy i. 6 Only the high-ups had their heads substantially above the soapsuds. 1969Auden City without Walls 84 How golden-tongued was Socrates, Who always spoke the truth, But high-ups do not like to think. 1971Physics Bull. Dec. 735/2 Whitten and Poppoff, both high-ups in NASA's Ames Research Center, have filled the gap admirably despite their lack of academic background. |