on high
Meanings
prep_phrase
- To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above.
- Up in, or to, Heaven.
- In authority, influence, or power.
Pronunciation
Word forms
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”).
Synonyms
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