in high places

idiom

: in a position of power and influence
He has friends in high places.

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Amyl and The Sniffers’ irrepressible charge has caught the attention of many folks in high places, some unexpected. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2025 Like Danny, Lena also has family in high places. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 Clearly, the series has fans in high places. PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025 The three Aud books are novels of character, crime fiction that uses the classic tropes of noir — first-person narrator, fast-moving prose, corruption in high places and crimes of desperation in the urban underbelly — without being noir. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in high places

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“In high places.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20high%20places. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

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