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high-flyer

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high⋅fli⋅er

[hahy-flahy-er]
–noun
1. a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
2. a person or thing that flies high.
3. a stock, often speculative, whose price moves up or down widely.
Also, high-flier, highflyer, high-flyer.


Origin:
1680–90; high + flier
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