Two ends stand for everythingSourced
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High and low can include the places between
Searching high and low means searching everywhere, not ignoring medium heights. It illustrates merism, where contrasting parts express a whole. Two named extremes can therefore refer to a wider range than those two alone.
The ends of the range carry the space between them.
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