"ace-high" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: aces-high [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ace-high (not comparable)
  1. (card games) Of a hand, in which an ace is the highest-ranking card. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ace-high-en-adj-kpkls-dr Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Card games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Topics: card-games, games
  2. (informal, figuratively, by extension) Of a person, highly esteemed or valued. Tags: broadly, figuratively, informal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ace-high-en-adj-QU47wRh6

Alternative forms

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