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high road

noun
/ˈhaɪ ɹəʊd/UK/ˈhaɪ ˌɹoʊd/US

Definitions

  1. A main road or highway.

    • Near-synonyms: highway (variably 'main' or not), high street (precisely coordinate)
    • On Wednesday, the 27th, we arrived at a place called Tʻien-chin. Here we were not on the high road to Pekin, hence the excitement created by our arrival was greater than I had ever before witnessed.
    • There, a few yards before them, was the high road from Risingham to Shoreby, lying, at this point, between two even walls of forest.

  2. A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable.

    • take the high road
    • The high road of public service and the low road of political advantage seem inextricably intertwined.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, road.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA