Definition of "high-low" []

• A poker game in which both high and low hands are eligible to win. (noun)
• A signal chiefly in bridge for one's partner to lead a suit. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To illus­trate the point, we turn to the so-called 'high-low fal­lacy.'"
• "Tribeca, with its high-low mix of star-studded premieres last year's opening-night film was "Shrek Forever After" and muckraking documentaries, Hong Kong action movies and earnest indie dramas, is much more difficult to characterize."
• "That "high-low" tactic, as it is known in retailing, is the opposite of what was preached by the firm's founder, widely known as "Mr. Sam.""