What does 'high' mean here?
And what does the last sentence mean?
We headed over to shoes and accessories. While they tried things on I merely watched
and critiqued, not in the mood to shop for myself, though I did need new shoes. The
girls'-night high was wearing off in the wake of my annoyance at Tyler, leaving room for
the gloom to move back in.
"Angela?" I began, hesitant, while she was trying on a pair of pink strappy heels — she
was overjoyed to have a date tall enough that she could wear high heels at all.
The euphoria one experiences from taking illegal drugs is slangily referred to as a 'high'. If you take drugs, you get 'high'. The writer means that the women he is talking about are experiencing a high from having a women-only get-together called 'a girls' night'.
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The euphoria one experiences from taking illegal drugs is slangily referred to as a 'high'. If you take drugs, you get 'high'. The writer means that the women he is talking about are experiencing a high from having a women-only get-together called 'a girls' night'.
— she was overjoyed to have a date tall enough that she could wear high heels at a