One of greater rank or station or quality.
1 The higher - up leaves were three-fingered and narrow, the lower ones rounder.
2 He was a higher - up in the West Texas District, based in San Antonio.
3 He's a higher - up in the Albanian mafia organization in the New York metropolitan area.
4 He wouldn't even need clearance from a higher - up to offer a "deal."
5 During the banquet, Murgatroyd had been visiting with the wives of the higher - up officials.
6 But if you're a higher - up yourself, you should try.
7 What could Zhou do with those higher - ups who were far more powerful?
8 Again and again, Borucki has proposed his Kepler mission to NASA's higher - ups .
9 Higher - ups held to their decision not to announce the coming threat.
10 Afterward I asked the higher - ups , Why do you have to ask such things?
11 To this day, the players don't understand what US Soccer's higher - ups were thinking.
12 Or maybe that's a man-made rule to keep most Muslims dependent on higher - ups .
13 Classic cover-your-ass language intended to keep any blame off the higher - ups .
14 SAA pilots have issued a warning to the higher - ups of the national carrier.
15 He complained to higher - ups about this un-Islamic behavior, but the general had friends.
16 There were certain orders from the higher - ups which Robert Grant Burns must heed.
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