sky-high

sky-high
a) Extremely tall

The building seemed sky-high, even the clouds had to go around.

b) Excessively, exorbitantly

The fees were sky-high, so I refused to pay and rather did without.

2. adverb
To a very high level

The superinflation blew prices sky-high.


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