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HIGH-STEPPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-stepping mean?
• HIGH-STEPPING (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-STEPPING has 1 sense:
1. having or moving with a high step
Familiarity information: HIGH-STEPPING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or moving with a high step
Synonyms:
high-stepped; high-stepping
Context example:
a high-stepping horse
Similar:
high ((literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like 'knee-high'))
Context examples
It has a high-stepping gait.
(Italian Greyhound, NCI Thesaurus)
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