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high wire

A tightrope for aerialists that is stretched very high above the ground.

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high-wire act Slang

A risky job or operation.

high-wire (h

) adj.

high wire

(Performing Arts / Theatre) a tightrope stretched high in the air for balancing acts

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high wire - a tightrope very high above the ground

tightrope - tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground

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Jumping over forms, and creeping under tables, I made my way to one of the fire-places; there, kneeling by the high wire fender, I found Burns, absorbed, silent, abstracted from all round her by the companionship of a book, which she read by the dim glare of the embers.

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