Usually means: Offered a deliberately excessive price estimate.
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  1. highballed: Merriam-Webster
  2. highballed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. highballed: Wiktionary
  4. highballed: Dictionary.com
  5. highballed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. highballed: Encyclopedia

(Note: See highball as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (highball)

noun:  A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
noun:  (rail transport, US) An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
noun:  (climbing) A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
verb:  To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
verb:  (US, slang, possibly dated) To move quickly; to hightail.
noun:  Clipping of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs. [A tall glass tumbler used for highballs, usually holding 240–350 mL.]
▸ Also see highball


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