HIGH-WATER MARK


Meaning of HIGH-WATER MARK in English

also high water mark

1.

The high-water mark is the level reached in a particular place by the sea at high tide or by a river in flood.

N-SING : the N

2.

The high-water mark of a process is its highest or most successful stage of achievement.

This was almost certainly the high-water mark of her career...

N-SING : with supp , oft N of/for n

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