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HIGH SIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high sign mean? 

HIGH SIGN (noun)
  The noun HIGH SIGN has 1 sense:

1. a silent signal of warning or recognitionplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH SIGN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH SIGN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A silent signal of warning or recognition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

she started to speak but he gave her the high sign

Hypernyms ("high sign" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)


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