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On high

//ɒn ˈhaɪ// prep_phrase

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  1. 1
    To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.

    "So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, / They cannot see the Sun on high; / The wind hath blown a gale all day, / At evening it hath died away."

  2. 2
    Up in, or to, Heaven. literary, specifically

    "Who is like vnto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high: […]"

  3. 3
    In authority, influence, or power. humorous

    "According to those on high, taxes need to increase again."

Etymology

From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”).

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