high up

See also: high-up

English

Adjective

high up (comparative more high up, superlative most high up)

  1. Alternative form of high-up.

Adverb

high up (not comparable)

  1. In a high or elevated position.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
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