"highflying" in the adjective sense
1. highflying
moving upward or along at a considerable height
"some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
2. highflying
extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions
"they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company"
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