friends in higher places
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "The fact that they have waited to leave messages and have left hand-written evidence indicates to me that they don't believe they are going to be apprehended, that they have friends in 'higher places.' This is a small town. Everybody knows everybody. That 'ol boy' chuminess ^([sic])."
- "California farmworkers may struggle with clout in our state Capitol, but they definitely have friends in higher places."