top-flight

Adjective

top-flight (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Of the highest rank, or peak of excellence.
   • As the search continued, I developed five criteria for the selection process. The next Chief Justice must have a top-flight legal mind; he must be young enough to serve at least ten years; he should, if possible, have experience both as a practicing lawyer and as an appeals court judge; he must...1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 419
   • Whether the band might have developed into a top-flight act is unknown, for in 1972 most of the group's original core members departed.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 253
2. (idiomatic) In the highest division.
   • However, despite their wretched record of not having won a top-flight away game in their last 26 attempts, Fulham showed no signs of travel sickness against Stoke.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC