above the fray

idiom

: not directly involved in an angry or difficult struggle or disagreement
His political aides handled the controversy while he remained above the fray.

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Retailers aren’t out of the tariff woods just yet, but Costco will be able to stay above the fray. Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025 Madigan, a savvy lawyer and old-school practitioner of Democratic machine politics, famously eschewed cellphones and email, and stayed largely above the fray while dozens of his colleagues were hauled off to prison over the years. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025 But the exchange showed that in the escalating political battle between the U.S. and Canada over tariffs, no product or market is above the fray, not even electricity, a product on which the two countries have been closely aligned for decades. Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Yet to those who would seek to stay out of that arena and above the fray, just consider how well, under admittedly different circumstances, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owners have fared by shunning endorsements to escape the ire of Trump and his loyalists. Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for above the fray

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“Above the fray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20the%20fray. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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