high-flier

high-flier
highˈ-flīˈer or highˈ-flyˈer noun
1. A bird that flies high
2. Someone prone to extravagance of opinion or action
3. An ambitious person, or one naturally equipped to reach prominence
4. (with cap; historical) a High-Churchman, or, in Scotland, an Evangelical
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Main Entry: ↑high

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high-flier UK US noun [countable] [singular high-flier plural high-fliers]
someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful
Thesaurus: successful personsynonym people who are determined and ambitioussynonym

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ˌhigh-ˈflyer [high-flyer high-flyers] (also ˌhigh-ˈflier) noun
a person who has the desire and the ability to be very successful in their job or their studies

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academic high-flyers


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