Usually means: Emotions or tensions reach peak.
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  1. run high: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run high: Merriam-Webster
  3. run high: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run high: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. run high: Wiktionary

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  1. run high: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run high)

verb:  (idiomatic) Of a river, to experience a strong current and be full and close to overflowing.
verb:  (idiomatic) To become very angry or emotional about something.

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