high water
"High water" can refer to the highest level of water in a natural setting, an idiom expressing determination, or even describe short pants.
Definition
B2Geography
(technical)The highest level reached by a body of water, such as during high tide or a flood.
Example
- The river reached high water after days of heavy rain.
C1Idiom
(informal)Used in the phrase 'come hell or high water' to indicate determination to do something despite obstacles.
Example
- She promised to finish the project by Friday, come hell or high water.
B2Clothing
(informal, slang)Trousers that are unusually short, often due to outgrowing them.
Example
- He was teased for wearing high-water pants to school.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "high water":
low waterhigh tidehigh-water marklow-water markwater levelfirst waterdeep waterwhite waterflood tidestrong waterstill watergreen waterhigh seadead waterwater tablehell or high waterlow tidelight wateropen watermake waterhot waterhigh and drywater canrunning waterback waterflood pooltable wateron highwater lineheavy wetall wettake on waterred water