- top flight
- noun
: the highest level or degree of achievement, excellence, or eminence : top drawer
leading families intermarry; practically everyone in the top flight is thus related — Reader's Digest
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—topflight, top-flight, adj. —topflighter, top-flighter, n.the highest or most outstanding level, as in achievement or development: students in the top flight of their class.* * *
top flightIn the highest class● flight* * *
top flight,the highest level or rank: »In the top flight of Britain's Quality Cars (Sunday Times).
top-flight or top|flight «TOP FLYT», adjective.Informal. excellent; first-rate; foremost: »The prophet Ezekiel was a top-flight scientific observer and recorder of important meteorological phenomena (Science News).
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1.n. the top flight the highest rank or level2.adj. [attrib.] of the highest rank or levela top-flight investment bank
Useful english dictionary. 2012.