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high road

  1. Chiefly Brit. a main road; highway
  2. an easy or direct way
  3. a course of action, position, etc. that is uninfluenced by partisanship, self-interest, vindictiveness, etc.: usually in the phrase take the high road
Also written highroad high′·road′

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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