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high road

NOUN

ethical or easiest course

Synonyms

WEAK

direct route main road no-brainer

Example Sentences

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The 30-year-old from Edwards, Colo., took only the high road after winning Wednesday’s slalom in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

This isn’t the high road to Rome, though neither is it the lowest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

By Monday afternoon Biden was back on the high road.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2024

Take the high road, and don’t engage any further.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023

Leah could always do that—she’d take the high road to please Father, or her teachers, or God, or maybe just to prove she could do it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver