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Meaning of high-center | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
  2. To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Examples

“What does he think, that we're setting him up, that he'll ease his truck along the dirt road, high-center it in a rut, and then get jumped and die defending his pizzas?”
“I had to be careful driving toward the river so I wouldn't high-center the car on a boulder and break the crankcase.”
“For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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