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high ground en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From high + ground.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article) A position of advantage or superiority in a conflict or competition.
   • President George W. Bush had once again outmaneuvered them by taking the national-security high ground in an election year. 2006 September 27, Mike Allen, “Why the Fight Over Intelligence May Be a Wash”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2008:
2. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, ground.
   • The trail passes along on high ground—say a thousand feet above sea level. 1872, Mark Twain, chapter 69, in Roughing It:
   • It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking. 1958 May 14, M. F. Barbey, “Some Branch Lines in East Lincolnshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 316:

Forms

Hypernyms

1 (ground)

Relateds

moral high ground

Translations (6)

es razón moral (Translations) · pl wyższość moralna (Translations) · cmn 制高點 /制高点 (Translations) · es terreno elevado (Translations) · es terreno alto (Translations) · es autoridad moral (Translations)