ace-high

English

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ace-high (not comparable)

  1. (card games) Of a hand, in which an ace is the highest-ranking card.
    an ace-high straight flush
  2. (informal, figuratively, by extension) Of a person, highly esteemed or valued.
    • 1930, Leonard Waldemar Lower, Here's Luck, page 134:
      Well, you seem to be ace high with the manager, and you're terrible well in.
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