high ground
nounEtymology From high + ground.
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Idiomatic, 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:
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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 23, M. F. Barbey, “Some Branch Lines in East Lincolnshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 316:
- Related terms
- moral high ground
- Hypernyms
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