top flight

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.

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top flight
In the highest class
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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 level
2.
adj. [attrib.] of the highest rank or level

a top-flight investment bank


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