Higher-ups

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of higher-up form-of, plural

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administrationauthoritiesbureaucracydirectorateestablishmenthierarchy

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"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."

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