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high and mighty

Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.
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Ever since she was placed in the gifted program, she's become so high and mighty that no one wants to be near her.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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high and mightyA social or economic group wielding undue power, influence or economic clout.
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