hit the high

hit the high

points/spots
To direct attention to the most important points or places.
See also: high, hit
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • nul points
  • hit the high points
  • hew to
  • hew to (something)
  • fall by
  • fall by (some amount)
  • cut to the chase
  • I-Beam
  • fantasy football
  • football
References in classic literature
"Your head and mine would even now be galumping through the bush as Makawao hit the high places for home," Harley concluded for her.
Jerry of the Islands
If Vahna'd put me wise to where it came from, I could say good-bye to railroading and hit the high places for Nebraska and Sarah.
The Red One
If Christina Aguilera can hit the high notes, she believes others can, too.
WATCH: Christina Aguilera coaches James Corden how to hit high note in 'Carpool Karaoke'
5 years ago A JAZZ band was hoping to hit the high notes after joining the Gazette's Wish campaign.
Today
The singers are trying to hit the high notes at a national competition.
Script fails to strike a chord; JOYFUL NOISE PG
Summary: Shoppers eager to hit the high street after being trapped at home by the snow helped retail sales bounce back in January.
Shops enjoy sales bounce back in January
SHOPS face a pounds 1.7billion fall in Christmas trade as cyber sales and a spending squeeze hit the high street.
High street squeezed by a cyber Christmas; yourmoney Edited by GARY MYLES
Millions hit the high street to stock up on everything from burgers to flat-screen TVs.
Footie fever Brits' EUR600m mad spree
CRUISE hits the heights - with one and a half million Britons expected to hit the high seas in 2008, a 15% surge on 2007.
TRAVEL: CRUISE BARGAINS IN PROSPECT
Even at 78, Andy can still hit the high notes, and entertain an audience with his professionalism.
Andy is still so very exceptional
RUGBY & Northampton AC's dynamic duo of Lauren Ambrose and Martin Vincent hit the high spots as they snatches superb victories in the National Junior Athletics League at Stoke-on-Trent's Northwood Stadium.
ATHLETICS: Rugby pair rule the roost
Student laptops, however, first hit the high schools.
Plug in, turn on, win out: how a district went from nearly no-tech to attention-grabbing high-tech in five years
Compounding news at NPE hit the high points of current interest, especially wood-fiber, long-glass, and nanoclay composites.
Compounding: for nano-, long-glass, and wood composites, exhibitors presented new systems with four screws, tandem twin-screws, and twin-plus-single-screw combinations
Temperatures hit the high 80s yesterday as people took to beaches, parks and beer gardens across the country and could top 90F by the middle of the week.
Sunshine and shower
THE search is on to find the Welsh Singer of the Year 2002, a new talent who can hit the high notes, or the low notes to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca Evans or Bryn Terfel.
Contest calls all singers