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high-stepping
[ hahy-step-ing ]
adjective
- seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life:
a high-stepping young crowd.
- (of a horse) moving with the leg raised high.
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- high-stepper noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high-stepping1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Steadily, our gunman pushed forward, his mule high-stepping through brush.
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Brought him a high-stepping, fiery, thoroughbred colt which was the admiration and envy of all Riveredge.
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He was in a stylish top buggy, behind a pair of high-stepping bays.
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I must tell you before I forget it about the friend with the high-stepping horses.
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Is not that his high-stepping mare and his beanpole of a figure riding beside Benito in yon cloud of dust?
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Molly and May thought it great fun to jump across the streets on the high stepping-stones which they found at every crossing.
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