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high and mighty
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high and mighty
someone who is high and mighty behaves as if they are more important than other people. Ellie's started acting all high and mighty since she got her promotion.
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the high and mighty (humorous)

important people. The prince was only allowed to socialize with the high and mighty and had no contact with ordinary people.
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high and mighty
as if you are more important than other people. The members of the club all act high and mighty.
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Chang, a lawyer who worked for two decades in China, has written an impassioned book that rests on penetrating diagnoses and old-fashioned gumshoe reporting, conducting interviews with everyone from the high-and-mighty to the common peasant.
 
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