Usually means: Achieving great success or altitude.
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  1. highflying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. highflying: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. highflying: Wiktionary
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  7. Highflying, highflying: Dictionary.com
  8. Highflying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. highflying: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Highflying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. highflying: FreeDictionary.org
  12. highflying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. highflying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of high-flying. [Characteristic of a highflier; extravagant in conduct or opinion.]

Similar:
highfaluting, highminded, hifalutin, hypermetaphoric, highspeed, high speed, highhearted, high functioning, highrisk, altisonous, more...

Opposite:
low-flying, grounded, down-to-earth, humble

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Similar:
highfaluting, highminded, hifalutin, hypermetaphoric, highspeed, high speed, highhearted, high functioning, highrisk, altisonous, more...

Opposite:
low-flying, grounded, down-to-earth, humble



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