What is the meaning of highflying?

adjective

  • Moving upward or along at a considerable height.
    • usage: "some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
  • Extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions.
    • usage: "they did not understand what had happend at the once highflying company"
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