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- noun Plural form of
high-beam .
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Examples
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Front page Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter: "Searchlight high-beams helmers: Payne will head 'Sideways' at Fox."
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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Front page Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter: "Searchlight high-beams helmers: Payne will head 'Sideways' at Fox."
Rex Pickett: The 'Sideways' Publishing Saga -- The St. Martin's Press Nightmare (Part I) Rex Pickett 2012
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Because, you know, heads need to glow like halogen high-beams.
"Until all these shivers subside, just look in my eyes." greygirlbeast 2008
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Keeping to Ford tradition, the new Taurus keeps the headlight switch on the lower left side of the instrument panel, meaning only one stalk (turn, high-beams, wipers) jutting out from the steering column.
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Usually to let people know that their high-beams are on. seems like a lot of trucks have those halogen low beams, which are the equivalent of regular highbeams.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Crime-Facilitating Speech and Reporting Police Movements 2009
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However, as soon as Santa needed high-beams that only Rudolph could provide, Rudolph became a hero.
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Wouldn't it be cool if there was a sensor in cars that automatically dimmed the high-beams when it sensed there was oncoming traffic?
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2008
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Had a thought last night, walking home and squinting at the jerk in the car up the block with his high-beams on.
ianrandalstrock's Journal ianrandalstrock 2008
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The first time I took a trip home to the country after a long stay in the city I realized that inner loop folks don't know where their high-beams are as they never have any occasion to use them.
City Life, Country Life Bea Amaya 2007
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Living in the country you MUST use your high-beams if you want to avoid impaling critters on your front bumper!
Archive 2007-01-01 Bea Amaya 2007
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