high-wa|ter mark

high-wa|ter mark
high-wa|ter mark «HY WT uhr, -WOT-»,
1. the highest level reached by the tide or by a flooded river or lake.
2. the mark or line left by the water after it has receded.
3. Figurative. any highest point: »

Elizabethan drama reached its high-water mark in Shakespeare's tragedies.


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