from on high
idiom
1
: from God or heaven
He claimed to have heard a voice from on high.
2
: from people with power or authority
orders from on high
3
: from a high place
We looked down from on high at the lush valley.
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Perry’s post-flight comments about empowerment summed it up: The privileged among us are thrilled to look down from on high as the little people lose their jobs and see their retirement funds decimated.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
That won’t come from doing away with the progress that has been made to evaluate each case individually on its own merits and instead to decide from on high what is right in every single case through a blanket order.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Subsequent changes decreed from on high (which is to say FromSoftware, not Blur) started small: suddenly we weren’t allowed to call Raven by name.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
And for those watching from on high—senators, judges, CEOs—mass protests are physical manifestations of public opinion.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
That won’t come from doing away with the progress that has been made to evaluate each case individually on its own merits and instead to decide from on high what is right in every single case through a blanket order.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Subsequent changes decreed from on high (which is to say FromSoftware, not Blur) started small: suddenly we weren’t allowed to call Raven by name.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
And for those watching from on high—senators, judges, CEOs—mass protests are physical manifestations of public opinion.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
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“From on high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20on%20high. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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