from on high
idiom
1
: from God or heaven
He claimed to have heard a voice from on high.
2
: from people with power or authority
orders from on high
3
: from a high place
We looked down from on high at the lush valley.
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As a Ukrainian drone observed from on high, a platoon- or company-sized Russian force assembled outside Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, climbed into at least seven trucks and cars and rolled toward Ukrainian positions.
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David Axe, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
At first, the Port offered their own plan from on high, but New Yorkers rightly complained and so a cooperative approach was adopted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
Surveying the proceedings from on high was Chinese President Xi Jinping.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2022
Although a federal Europe must be open to all eu member states, forward movement toward it should not be blocked because some are not yet willing to go there, but nor should it be imposed from on high.
—Nicolas Berggruen, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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David Axe, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
At first, the Port offered their own plan from on high, but New Yorkers rightly complained and so a cooperative approach was adopted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
Surveying the proceedings from on high was Chinese President Xi Jinping.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2022
Although a federal Europe must be open to all eu member states, forward movement toward it should not be blocked because some are not yet willing to go there, but nor should it be imposed from on high.
—Nicolas Berggruen, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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“From on high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20on%20high. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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