Meaning of on high | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.
2. Up in, or to, Heaven.
   literary, specifically
3. In authority, influence, or power.
   humorous

Equivalents

Examples

“So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, / They cannot see the Sun on high; / The wind hath blown a gale all day, / At evening it hath died away.”

“His [a horse's] back would be so glossy, / His sides so smooth and brown, / I'd have to hold his collar / To keep from slipping down! / And jogging on the roadway, / The people passing by / Would turn to smile at Bonny / With me set up on high.”

“Who is like vnto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high: […]”

“The trumpet ſhall be heard on high, / The dead ſhall live, the living die, / And Muſic ſhall untune the ſky.”

“According to those on high, taxes need to increase again.”

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