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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The easiest or surest path or course.
- noun The most positive, diplomatic, or ethical course.
- noun Chiefly British A main road; a highway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The most ethical and honest method; -- used mostly in the phrase to
take the high road (as in an election campaign). Contrasted withlow road .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK A
main road orhighway . - noun idiomatic A
course of action which ishonorable ,dignified , orrespectable .
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