Noun

The distance from the base of something to the top.

* Robert Frost

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

* , chapter=5

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The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

The highest point or maximum degree.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn

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(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.

Noun

(en noun)

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

* '>citation

(slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.

* 2008 March 6, Robert Wilonsky, "Fast and Loose", '' volume 32 number 10, page 28,

The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists .