"hit the high notes" meaning in English

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      "form": "hit the high notes",
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          "ref": "2008 April 24, Leslie Kelly, “Sound and bites pair well at these places”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
          "text": "The flavors of the food hit the high notes: the rightly famous Canlis salad, the signature Peter Canlis sweet prawns floating on a sea of butter, and a succulent Kobe-style steak.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 16, Bobbie Johnson, “How exactly is Facebook making money?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
          "text": "If all that extra money isn't being used to shore up vital day-to-day Facebook operations, that's probably good news—but whatever the case, the site hasn't hit the high notes quite yet.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 September 25, David Brooks, “Routine, Creativity and President Obama’s U.N. Speech”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
          "text": "During his public life, Obama has hit the high notes of poetic romance — his 2008 campaign.",
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        "To produce or attain, at least for a period of time, an especially satisfactory degree of achievement or fulfilment."
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        "(idiomatic) To produce or attain, at least for a period of time, an especially satisfactory degree of achievement or fulfilment."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "end on a high note"
        }
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          "ref": "2008 April 24, Leslie Kelly, “Sound and bites pair well at these places”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
          "text": "The flavors of the food hit the high notes: the rightly famous Canlis salad, the signature Peter Canlis sweet prawns floating on a sea of butter, and a succulent Kobe-style steak.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2009 September 16, Bobbie Johnson, “How exactly is Facebook making money?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
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          "ref": "2014 September 25, David Brooks, “Routine, Creativity and President Obama’s U.N. Speech”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-11-16:",
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