hit the high notes
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hit the high notes (third-person singular simple present hits the high notes, present participle hitting the high notes, simple past and past participle hit the high notes)
- (idiomatic) To produce or attain, at least for a period of time, an especially satisfactory degree of achievement or fulfilment.
- 2008 April 24, Leslie Kelly, "Sound and bites pair well at these places," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 16 Nov 2017):
- The flavors of the food hit the high notes: the rightly famous Canlis salad, the signature Peter Canlis sweet prawns floating on a sea of butter, and a succulent Kobe-style steak.
- 2009 September 16, Bobbie Johnson, "How exactly is Facebook making money?," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 16 Nov 2017):
- If all that extra money isn't being used to shore up vital day-to-day Facebook operations, that's probably good news—but whatever the case, the site hasn't hit the high notes quite yet.
- 2014 September 25, David Brooks, "Routine, Creativity and President Obama’s U.N. Speech," New York Times (retrieved 16 Nov 2017):
- During his public life, Obama has hit the high notes of poetic romance — his 2008 campaign.
- 2008 April 24, Leslie Kelly, "Sound and bites pair well at these places," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (retrieved 16 Nov 2017):
See also
- end on a high note