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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
high command
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the Army High Command
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Letelier, who was replaced by Gen. Carlos Carvallo Yáñez, was moved to perform other tasks in the army high command.
▪ Nevertheless the Tories did have established methods for ensuring co-ordination between the high command and the rank and file.
▪ Now, though, the New Labour high command seems ready to drop the pretence.
▪ They all went to Maeda's residence in Jakarta; he sent messages to the high command, but nobody turned up.
▪ This may be partly because neither the president nor the high command is confident that parts of the army might not rebel.
▪ Three weeks later the high command again said hands off, with a reminder that it could still mount a coup.
WordNet
high command

n. the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military) [syn: supreme headquarters]

Wikipedia
High command

The phrase high command may refer to:

  • High Command of Capital Hanoi (Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội), Vietnam
  • German Imperial Naval High Command (Kaiserliches Oberkommando der Marine), 1889-1899 German naval command
  • High Command of Coastal Defence (Küstenverteidigung), World War I German coastal defence
  • German High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, OKW), World War II German armed forces command structure
  • German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres, OKH), de facto World War II German command on the Western front
  • German High SS and Police Leader command (Höhere SS und Polizeiführer, HSSPF), 1939-1945. Reporting only towards Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler.
  • High Command Trial, post World War II war crimes trial
  • Norwegian High Command (Forsvarets Overkommando), Norway's top military leadership from 1970 to 2003
  • Mobile Barracks of High Command (行轅), Chinese government regional office on behalf of a military commander

Usage examples of "high command".

But high command is something you come to suddenly, with no experience.

I want the biggest and best goddamned model outside the High Command Strategic Analysis.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if some idiot's already come up with the theory that what happened to their navy was part of some Machiavellian `betrayal by the high command' to set up the assassination.