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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
high-flier
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The company was once a high-flier in the disk drive business.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All were aeronautical engineers; and all high-fliers in their particular field.
▪ His high-fliers were brought crashing back to earth by a 3-0 Tranmere victory, however.
▪ The company, a former high-flier, faced rumors ranging from selling by insiders to whether the accountants would certify the audit.
▪ What book has Pretoria now placed on its set reading list for trainee high-fliers in the country's diplomatic service?
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high-flier

n. (alternative form of highflier English)

Usage examples of "high-flier".

He wanted to before, but now that someone jumps off the starting high-flier and shouts his name plus his super annuated rank to the ends of the world, the meanwhile alderman and sharpshooter Heinrich Osterhues has lost all inclination and wants only to make himself scarce.

When A Clubbable Woman came out, I was a whizzkid sergeant, graduate entrant, potential high-flier.

She collects music boxes, dancing bears, cutouts, magic lanterns, whistling tops, decalcomanias, she's just the type for the high-flier.

But no description of the environment, for she doesn't want ice cream, she doesn't know how to shoot, the scenic railway appeals to her only when it's dark, sideshows are always a disappointment, all she wants is the high-flier, for ever and ever.