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high-water mark
[ hahy-waw-ter, -wot-er ]
noun
- a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
- the highest point of anything; acme:
Her speech was the high-water mark of the conference.
high-water mark
noun
- the level reached by sea water at high tide or by other stretches of water in flood
- the mark indicating this level
- the highest point
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-water mark1
Idioms and Phrases
The peak of something, especially an achievement. For example, This composition is the high-water mark of his entire output . This expression alludes to the highest mark left on shore by the tide. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
At its electoral high-water mark in 1992, Meretz won 250,000 votes.
I believe we're witnessing the high water mark for "People should be able to do whatever they want, and it's none of my business."
The high-water mark remains 14,164.53, on October 11, 2007.
The high water mark of his stated quest to rehab our reputation occurred in Cairo, in a speech titled “A New Beginning.”
But even if they do, there is good reason to believe that the Democratic Party has reached its high-water mark.
The title to the bed of all lakes, ponds, and navigable rivers to the ordinary high-water mark is vested in the states.
It is the high-water mark of the Rebellion,—a turning-point of history and of human destiny!
Turtles visited the island in great numbers, and deposited their eggs in holes made in the sand above high-water mark.
They found a dry log to sit upon, a great tree trunk cast by a storm above high-water mark.
"Say he is dull," put in Alphonse, whose gaiety was at high-water mark.
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