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high-wire en · ADJ
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Pertaining to a wire strung high above the ground which is used for acrobatic stunts.
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(broadly) Very risky and daring.
T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side.
2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian:
high-wire en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of highwire.
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