height

/haɪt/ noun

Definition

HOW TALL [C, U] › how tall or high something or someone is: a man of average height The tower measures 27.28 metres in height.

HOW FAR UP [C, U] › how far above the ground something is: The aircraft was flying at a height of about 6000 metres.

TALL [U] › being tall: People always make comments about his height.

the height of sth › the strongest or most important part of something: I met him when he was at the height of his fame.

(Definition of height noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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