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High-up
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1. dignitary, high muckamuck, high-up, panjandrum, very important person, vip
an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
High-up
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1.
Someone who is high up in a profession or society has a very important position.
You've offended somebody very high up.
somebody quite high up
His cousin is somebody quite high up in the navy.
See also high2.
If something is high up, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing.
His farm was high up in the hills.
noun
informal
a person who holds an important or influential position
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