[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] [FULL LIST]

high adjective in phrase (as) high as = As many as, much as.

1892 Allen Cumberland Gap 240 I've cotched high as five ’coons out o' one tree. 1952 Wilson Folk Speech NC 550 as high as = as many as. “I’ve killed as high as twenty squirrels a day.” c1960 Wilson Coll = as many as or some good-sized number: “He’s killed as high as ten squirrels in one morning.” 1973 Flu Epidemic 104 A lot a’them folks had as high as twelve children. 1999 Montgomery File One policeman told me that they've arrested as high as twenty-one people a night over there (70-year-old woman, Gatlinburg TN).