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high on the hog

high on the hog
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy on, awn stressed th ee hawg, hog]
    • /haɪ ɒn, ɔn stressed ði hɔg, hɒg/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy on, awn stressed th ee hawg, hog]
    • /haɪ ɒn, ɔn stressed ði hɔg, hɒg/

Definition of high on the hog words

  • noun high on the hog in a luxurious or costly way 0

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Parts of speech for High on the hog

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

high on the hog popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for high on the hog

noun high on the hog

  • wealth — a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city.
  • success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
  • accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
  • riches — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.

Antonyms for high on the hog

noun high on the hog

  • loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
  • lessening — to become less.
  • shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
  • stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
  • disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.

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