Usually means: Successful individual targeted for criticism.
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  1. tall poppy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. tall poppy: Wiktionary
  3. tall poppy: Dictionary.com
  4. Tall poppy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Tall poppy: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (tall poppy)

noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tall, poppy.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand) A conspicuously successful person, especially one who attracts envious hostility.

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