the high road

noun

1

chiefly US : a morally proper way of doing something

Several local news programs reported the rumor, but the city newspaper took the high road and waited to see if anyone could confirm the story.

2

: an easy way to do something

The book claims to teach the high road to financial success.

Examples of the high road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Willie took the high road After Bob Marley, Willie arguably did the most to make marijuana part of mainstream American life. — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Joe Thuney took the high road Sunday afternoon, not revealing an ounce of worry about the left tackle rotation that has been unfolding around him for the past three weeks at Chicago Bears training camp. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

My attitude, when adults behave like middle-schoolers, is to take the high road and ignore it. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026

Clark took the high road in the closing ceremony, his news conference and other interviews in the hours after his victory. — ABC News, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for the high road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed