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.
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Watson might have tried to deescalate whatever has been going on between her and Rowling, but on September 29, the author ignored any attempt to take the high road.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
This was a chance for Biden to take the high road, to toe the fiscal line and display financial prudence.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
While sources behind the scenes described the relationship between the Cowboys and Parsons as fractured in recent weeks and irreparable in recent days, Jones took the high road in explaining the thought process in sending his four-time Pro Bowl defensive end to the Green Bay Packers.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But that just adds more rudeness to the world, so best to take the high road and keep things polite.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
This was a chance for Biden to take the high road, to toe the fiscal line and display financial prudence.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
While sources behind the scenes described the relationship between the Cowboys and Parsons as fractured in recent weeks and irreparable in recent days, Jones took the high road in explaining the thought process in sending his four-time Pro Bowl defensive end to the Green Bay Packers.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
But that just adds more rudeness to the world, so best to take the high road and keep things polite.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the high road
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“The high road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20high%20road. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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