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high jump
noun
a court higher than a local magistrate’s AUSTRALIA, 1944- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 31, 1983
▶ be for the high jump- to be faced with a severe official reprimand or punishment UK, 1919
Of military origin. With variations “be up for the high jump” and “be in for the high jump”. - [Y]ou’ve done it this time and I’ll see you go for the high jump. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 67, 1962
- I think I’m for the high-jump when I get back on Thursday. — The Guardian, 8 April 2003
- to be engaged to be married IRELAND
- STAPLER: What about him? CONWAY: He’s for the high jump that’s what about him. — Billy Roche, The Wexford Trilogy (A Handful of Stars), p. 11, 1992
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