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highflying

Definitions of highflying
  1. adjective
    extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions
    “they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company”
    synonyms:
    unrestrained
    not subject to restraint
  2. adjective
    moving upward or along at a considerable height
    “some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it”
    synonyms:
    ascending
    moving or going or growing upward
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