Ace-high
(of a poker hand) having an ace as the highest card.
held in high esteem:
He has an ace-high reputation.
Historical Examples
You’ve always been ace-high with me, and there never will come the day when you can’t eat on my meal-ticket.
The Trail of ’98 Robert W. Service
From the very first dose he was ace-high and everybody else looked like thirty cents to her.
The Four Million
O. Henry
adjective
Of the best; first-rate: His reputation is ace-high
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