high beam
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high beam
n.
The setting of a vehicle's headlight that provides long-range illumination.
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high′ beam′
n.
a bright headlight beam providing long-range illumination of a road, chiefly for use in nonurban areas.
[1935–40]
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Noun | 1. | high beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination light beam, ray, ray of light, beam of light, shaft of light, irradiation, beam, shaft - a column of light (as from a beacon) |
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