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high-stepping

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adj.1.having or moving with a high step; as, a high-stepping horse.
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Adj.1.high-stepping - having or moving with a high step; "his high-stepped stride"; "a high-stepping horse"
high-stepped
high - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"


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Not all the turkey-cocks in creation could match the slow, high-stepping dignity with which he paraded his own railway station and the benignant smile of condescending encouragement with which he regarded everybody around him.
The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
High-stepping horses seemed necessary to all Mr Lammle's friends--as necessary as their transaction of business together in a gipsy way at untimely hours of the morning and evening, and in rushes and snatches.
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