Higher Up

I think that adding the higher-up would increase the stakes and would give you someone to play off the narrator. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These officials say they are taking a well-tested approach in their investigations: press low-level employees to implicate higher-up executives. ❋ Ariana Eunjung Cha (2010)

John, was/is the son of General Telford Taylor, the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials and then a major higher-up muckety-muck at Columbia University Law School. ❋ Binky Philips (2011)

Don't hold back from enthusiastically talking to a higher-up I the organization or in another department you are interested in during a casual situation -- an elevator, hallway, lunch -- without complaining. ❋ Adele Scheele (2010)

A recent New York Times op-ed piece made this point well when they compared teachers to soldiers, explaining that when military endeavors fail "we don't say 'it's these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefit plans!'" but rather we look to bigger-picture infrastructure and higher-up leadership for the reasons for failure. ❋ Ph.D. Amanda Moreno (2011)

The only other option was asking a higher-up, but according to them, that privilege was reserved for “those who were trustworthy enough to have control over their powers”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So you must attract the attention of an influential higher-up. ❋ Joann Lublin (2011)

On June 1, Jennifer Greer, a higher-up at the corps' Washington headquarters, set up a meeting between congressional leaders -- including Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. -- and Maj. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Most of the secretary, assistant, or housework was categorized under "female" while lawyers, CEOs, and higher-up positions were designated to "males." ❋ Samara Green (2012)

"This may signal that there will likely be no departures of higher-up officers," Mr. Conlan wrote in a note to clients. ❋ Ryan Dezember (2011)

It appears that having a higher-up believe in you increases your confidence and organizational wisdom. ❋ Marcia Reynolds (2011)

The setup here, the businessman deciding that they had to have cyber-dogs, might be funnier if you had the higher-up explain his decision to the narrator. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In their last of a series of meetings he said he had to have just one more conversation with a higher-up before the job would be Jane's. ❋ Susan Adams (2011)

Canadian Dick Pound, a longtime IOC higher-up, poses that possibility in an MSNBC video. ❋ Beau Dure (2010)