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sky-high

  [skahy-hahy]
Use sky-high in a Sentence
–adverb, adjective
very high: Costs have gone sky-high since the war.
Origin:
1810–20
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sky-high   (skī'hī')
adv.  

  1. To a very high level: The garbage was piled sky-high.

  2. In a lavish or enthusiastic manner: The critics praised the play sky-high.

  3. In pieces or to pieces; apart: Sappers blew the bridge sky-high.

adj.  

  1. High up in the air: sky-high trees.

  2. Exorbitantly high in cost or value: sky-high prices; sky-high stocks.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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