new heights
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3.2
- noun
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nuevas cotas
- After years of hard work, she finally reached new heights in her career as a leading scientist.
- reach new heights
- achieve new heights
We're going to take this podcast game to new heights, busy heights, new levels.
- We're going to take this podcast game to new heights, busy heights, new levels.
- I know you guys have a ton of institutional knowledge of bringing games to new heights.
- Keep elevating to new heights, sweetie, in the building.
- Veronica soars to new heights, shocking the boys with the disgusting pink.
- It's it's like you, you are reaching new heights.
- I know you want to set new heights, new visions, new dreams, which are plans, your goals.
- But you you keep elevating to new heights.
- Oh Elon taking trolling to literally new heights.
- We'll be taking this shit to new heights, new levels and working harder than ever.
Examples
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A partnership that's gonna lift us to new heights that neither of us could have reached alone.
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Teia has an impeccable work ethic, having taken her clients to new heights in their careers.
Blog text (2) -
Once you identify that your life changes, God takes you to new heights, you find peace, you find joy.
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Feel free to be inspired by your students and, in turn, to inspire them to new heights.
Academic text (2007) -
And now, she is set to climb to new heights on her second attempt to cross the Atlantic.
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And Illustra, under your inspired leadership, will reach new heights.
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When in the lineup, Cespedes propelled the A's to new heights, giving them a legitimate middle-of-the-lineup bat.
Blog text (14) -
On the verge of plumbing new depths, he had instead scaled new heights, acted instinctively, and been rewarded.
Fiction book (2001) -
In 2015, India's disaster relief efforts touched new heights when an earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter scale struck Kathmandu, Nepal.
Academic text (2018) -
The company's innovative approach allowed it to achieve new heights in customer satisfaction.
Synonyms
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5.8
The highest point of success or achievement
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4.9
The highest level of achievement in a career or field
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4.2
The highest point something reaches, like water level or success
At the highest point of success or popularity for someone
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses a clear metaphorical extension of 'height' (a higher level) combined with 'new' (greater than before), so the meaning 'greater level of success or achievement' is inferable from the parts but requires mapping a spatial metaphor to success. This metaphorical but predictable mapping is common across languages, so learners who know the words will often deduce the sense, making it only partially compositional.
Etymology
The phrase new heights creates a simple picture: imagine climbing to a higher mountain top. The word heights means high places, so when someone reaches 'new heights' they achieve a 'greater level of success' than before.