on a high
idiom
informal
: feeling happy and excited
He was on a high after receiving the promotion.
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Inflation remained steady in December Wall Street ended 2024 on a high, but so did inflation in the U.S.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Timed almost exactly to his seventh anniversary, Noah departed the award-winning satirical current affairs show on a high with 15 Emmy nominations and one win, as well as being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.
—Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
To celebrate this new chapter of her life, the millennial booked a four-day trip to Paris in December, to end the year on a high.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite the sharp work being turned in on a high percentage of the weekly sketches — Andrew Dismukes’ Weekend Update segment with a puppet replicating his father was a highlight this weekend — there inevitably are sketches that don’t make the mark.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
Timed almost exactly to his seventh anniversary, Noah departed the award-winning satirical current affairs show on a high with 15 Emmy nominations and one win, as well as being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.
—Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 2 Feb. 2025
To celebrate this new chapter of her life, the millennial booked a four-day trip to Paris in December, to end the year on a high.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite the sharp work being turned in on a high percentage of the weekly sketches — Andrew Dismukes’ Weekend Update segment with a puppet replicating his father was a highlight this weekend — there inevitably are sketches that don’t make the mark.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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