verb
1. be elated (Freq. 1)
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He was flying high during the summer months
• Hypernyms: ↑feel, ↑experience
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2. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
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The new student is thriving
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
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phrasal : to be exuberantly ambitious : be elated
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fly high
To aim high or be ambitious
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Main Entry: ↑fly
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be very successful; prosper
that young man is the sort to fly high
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fly high
informal
1 : to be very happy and excited
She was flying high after her excellent exam results.
2 : to be very successful
After some difficult years, the company is flying high again.
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Main Entry: ↑fly
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Main Entry: ↑high
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fly ˈhigh idiom
to be successful
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British cinema has been flying high recently, winning several coveted awards.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.