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high road
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high road
(noun)
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high road
noun
plural
high roads
high road
noun
plural
high roads
Learner's definition of HIGH ROAD
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old-fashioned
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a main road
the high road
1
chiefly US
:
a morally proper way of doing something
Several local news programs reported the rumor, but the city newspaper
took the high road
[=behaved properly] and waited to see if anyone could confirm the story.
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an easy way to do something
The book claims to teach
the high road
to financial success.
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