sky-high
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sky-high (not comparable)
- extremely tall
- a sky-high building
- 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 20:
- She is elegant on sky-high heels in spite of the rubble and the cracks in the paving.
- excessive, exorbitant
- The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay.
- Superinflation blew prices sky-high.
- 2023 July 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Saved: Trust protects Adrian Shooter's legacy”, in RAIL, number 987, page 28:
- They had to bid against a private buyer, which pushed the price sky high.
Translations[edit]
extremely tall
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excessive, exorbitant
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