a game of poker in which both high and low hands are eligible to win, the pot usually being split equally between the player with the highest hand and the player with the lowest hand
2. Also: highlow
an ankle-high, laced shoe
3. chiefly Bridge
a signal for one's partner to lead a suit, conveyed by playing a high card and then a lower card in that suit
Word origin
[1795–1805]
All related terms of 'high-low'
high and low
in all places; everywhere
high profile
A high-profile person or a high-profile event attracts a lot of attention or publicity.
to look high and low
If you say that you looked high and low for something, you are emphasizing that you looked for it in every place that you could think of.
all fours
both the arms and legs of a person or all the legs of a quadruped (esp in the phrase on all fours )
search high and low for something
to look for something very carefully and thoroughly, looking in every possible place that it could be