Usually means: Person with greater authority, rank.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word higher up:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. higher-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. higher-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. higher-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. higher-up, higher-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. higher-up, higher up: Vocabulary.com
  6. higher-up: Wordnik
  7. higher-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. higher-up: Wiktionary
  9. higher-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. higher-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. higher-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Higher-up, higher-up, higher up: Dictionary.com
  13. higher-up, higher up: Rhymezone
  14. higher-up, higher up: FreeDictionary.org
  15. higher-up, higher up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. higher-up, higher up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. higher up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. higher-up: Encyclopedia

(Note: See higher_ups as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (higher up)

adverb:  in or to a place that is higher


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