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high place {n. phr.}

A position of responsibility, honor, and power.

Jones had reached a high place in the government at Washington.

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[high-hat] (1) {adj.}, {slang} Treating others as inferior; acting above others. * /It was an expensive place to eat, and the customers were likely to be a little high-hat./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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