What does high up mean?

high up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.66 in modern English

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"From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip."
"Her underwear was hanging high up in a tree."

more high up (comparative) most high up (superlative)

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